* Corinna Vinschen (Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:59 +0100) > On Feb 24 17:09, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * Corinna Vinschen (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:38:05 +0100) > > > The desktop icon exists, but you have to press F5 once on the desktop, > > > otherwise the desktop content gets not refreshed. > > > > Never heard of this. New feature of 2008? > > F5 is the refresh key for ages.
I know. But on XP and 2000 you didn't have to use the refresh key to see the Cygwin icon created on the desktop. Anyway: after logging out and in it's there > > On the other hand I see /two/ Desktop.ini files on my Desktop > > which leads to the conclusion that the desktop has become kind of > > "virtual" on Vista or 2008. > [...] > You always saw two directories on your desktop, the user desktop as > well as the public (former "All Users") desktop. Unfortunately all > desktops have a desktop.ini file since Vista. Aah, I guess /that/ is the real change, thanks. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
