Lost the right click *new* function

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/New.zip

This .zip file contains a .reg file that will fix the problem.

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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Box Top" wrote in message
ews.com...
This one has me completely stumped and I don't know how or why
but somehow I "lost" the function of creating *new*!

Under menu tab, if you right click on say FILE within a folder you
have the option of making a *new* folder/text or other, and you can
can see various pgms listed too...

Problem is... I can't see/make that *new* function anymore with a
right click! What I see/get the same options as if the FILE is just
left clicked open.

What can I do to restore the right click and *new*??
Help!!!???? (Win98SE & TUI)

The show desktop file (that's its actual name) is in the Windows system
folder. Right click the file, select copy and place it in the Quick Launch
folder located at: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Box Top" wrote in message
ews.com...
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:32:32 -0600, "Ron Badour"
wrote:

lhttp://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/New.zip
l
lThis .zip file contains a .reg file that will fix the problem.

BINGO!!....I can't remember when a "fix" worked so damn well and with
so little effort before. That merged reg registry file of yours,
*completely* restored the *new* function again!....
MANY THANKS to you!!

Just curious, I have one other minor problem & maybe you might have a
similar fix?? When one is buried in multiple open windows it's
sometimes necessary to get back to just the desktop. I use to be able
to see the desktop icon in "quick launch" just to the right of Start.
But it's totally gone...Matter-o-fact, trying to drag/drop anything
there doesn't work either. Drag/Drop... say a web-browser icon and
window confirmation says:
"folder already contains a file named Quick Launch...Replace existing
file with this"
...If I say yes, I see nothing and still no desktop icon either.
Any ideas here or am I SOL??
Again...My Thanks

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
The show desktop file (that's its actual name) is in the Windows system
folder. Right click the file, select copy and place it in the Quick
Launch folder located at: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Box Top" wrote in message
ews.com...
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:32:32 -0600, "Ron Badour"
wrote:

lhttp://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/New.zip
l
lThis .zip file contains a .reg file that will fix the problem.

BINGO!!....I can't remember when a "fix" worked so damn well and with
so little effort before. That merged reg registry file of yours,
*completely* restored the *new* function again!....
MANY THANKS to you!!

Just curious, I have one other minor problem & maybe you might have a
similar fix?? When one is buried in multiple open windows it's
sometimes necessary to get back to just the desktop. I use to be able
to see the desktop icon in "quick launch" just to the right of Start.
But it's totally gone...Matter-o-fact, trying to drag/drop anything
there doesn't work either. Drag/Drop... say a web-browser icon and
window confirmation says:
"folder already contains a file named Quick Launch...Replace existing
file with this"
...If I say yes, I see nothing and still no desktop icon either.
Any ideas here or am I SOL??
Again...My Thanks



"desktop.ini" isn't it ?

No it isn't. It is "Show Desktop.scf"

Look at this standard response:

You can read this:
How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q190/3/55.asp

or try this:

You have deleted the Show Desktop shortcut from the Quick Launch Bar.

You should have a copy in the System folder, normally
C:\Windows\System
Just copy "Show Desktop.scf" to C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

....Alan
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:59:28 -0400, "Haggis"
wrote:

"desktop.ini" isn't it ?




"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
The show desktop file (that's its actual name) is in the Windows system
folder. Right click the file, select copy and place it in the Quick
Launch folder located at: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Box Top" wrote in message
ews.com...
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:32:32 -0600, "Ron Badour"
wrote:

lhttp://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/New.zip
l
lThis .zip file contains a .reg file that will fix the problem.

BINGO!!....I can't remember when a "fix" worked so damn well and with
so little effort before. That merged reg registry file of yours,
*completely* restored the *new* function again!....
MANY THANKS to you!!

Just curious, I have one other minor problem & maybe you might have a
similar fix?? When one is buried in multiple open windows it's
sometimes necessary to get back to just the desktop. I use to be able
to see the desktop icon in "quick launch" just to the right of Start.
But it's totally gone...Matter-o-fact, trying to drag/drop anything
there doesn't work either. Drag/Drop... say a web-browser icon and
window confirmation says:
"folder already contains a file named Quick Launch...Replace existing
file with this"
...If I say yes, I see nothing and still no desktop icon either.
Any ideas here or am I SOL??
Again...My Thanks

"Box Top" wrote in message
ews.com...
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:32:32 -0600, "Ron Badour"
wrote:

Just curious, I have one other minor problem & maybe you might have a
similar fix?? When one is buried in multiple open windows it's
sometimes necessary to get back to just the desktop. I use to be able
to see the desktop icon in "quick launch" just to the right of Start.
But it's totally gone...Matter-o-fact, trying to drag/drop anything
there doesn't work either. Drag/Drop... say a web-browser icon and
window confirmation says:
"folder already contains a file named Quick Launch...Replace existing file
with this"
...If I say yes, I see nothing and still no desktop icon either.
Any ideas here or am I SOL??

Drag/drop onto the QL brings up the message mentioned above? If so,
somethings gone amuck.
Right click the Taskbar.
Uncheck Toolbars QL.
Right click the Taskbar and re-check.

If no joy:
How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q190/3/55.asp

Error Message: Cannot Create Toolbar for"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240133
When you attempt to add the Quick Launch Bar to the Task Bar, you may receive
the above error message:
Cannot create toolbar for "



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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Did you try...
Right click empty area of bottom icon bar.Move to "Toolbars" and
click/check "Quicklaunch".

"Box Top" wrote:

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:32:32 -0600, "Ron Badour"
wrote:

lhttp://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/New.zip
l
lThis .zip file contains a .reg file that will fix the problem.

BINGO!!....I can't remember when a "fix" worked so damn well and with
so little effort before. That merged reg registry file of yours,
*completely* restored the *new* function again!....
MANY THANKS to you!!

Just curious, I have one other minor problem & maybe you might have a
similar fix?? When one is buried in multiple open windows it's
sometimes necessary to get back to just the desktop. I use to be able
to see the desktop icon in "quick launch" just to the right of Start.
But it's totally gone...Matter-o-fact, trying to drag/drop anything
there doesn't work either. Drag/Drop... say a web-browser icon and
window confirmation says:
"folder already contains a file named Quick Launch...Replace existing file with this"
....If I say yes, I see nothing and still no desktop icon either.
Any ideas here or am I SOL??
Again...My Thanks

"Box Top" wrote in message
ews.com...

Thanks for the quick re...First off, I may have a big problem here??
I deleted Internet Explorer in favor of using Firefox...so, much of
that is gone. Continual patches of IE's flaws were getting to me!!

High hopes you mean uninstalled IE, not deleted. You did not have to remove
IE to use Firefox, a user can install/use multiple browsers.


What I'm trying to do, and we may be getting lost because of no IE,
or maybe too many trees in the forest, is this---Restore *only* 1 icon
in quick launch--And that is the icon & the ability to click on it to
restore the entire desktop. Maybe it's called..."Show Desktop"...
Seeing multiple icons on the desktop within quick launch isn't
what I'd like to have.

With the directions I gave, Show Desktop will be the only link in QL.


I made a new file called "Show Desktop.scf" and that was put in a new
folder called "Quick Launch". The Path is C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch. There is also another
file called Desktop.htt located in C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer.

If you used SFC to extract the file, it should be extracted to
C:\Windows\System. Otherwise if you followed the instructions in the link
provided it should work, unless it's missing from the System folder.
The desktop.htt belongs where it's at.


Now....When I right click on Toolbar in the Quicklaunch & I have
Quicklaunch checked...I can see a icon with windows-logo only
and it's called... "Show Desktop"!! However, it doesn't do anything
if you try to click it open... AND any open windows are now showing
in quicklaunch as boxes too BUT with no title or picture icon on them.
Only 1 click going from left to right brings back the name/icon.

Check c:\windows\system to see if Show Desktop.scf is present. If not, use
SFC or a zip app to extract a new one from the 98/SE install disk.
Open apps should not appear in QL, they should appear on the Taskbar.


YES!! I can get the individual desktop items to show in quicklaunch
with "desktop" clicked in Toolbar, but I'm only trying get back a
working "Show Desktop" icon and not more.

Can you send a screenshot of the desktop/taskbar to: postmaster02 at
comcast.net. It will help being able to see what you see.


--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Just curious, I have one other minor problem & maybe you might have a
similar fix?? When one is buried in multiple open windows it's
sometimes necessary to get back to just the desktop. I use to be able
to see the desktop icon in "quick launch" just to the right of Start.
But it's totally gone...


Just press Ctrl+D. Do again to get everything back.

--
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Bill Watt wrote:
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 03:18:44 GMT, Box Top
wrote:

Thanks for the quick re...First off, I may have a big problem here??
I deleted Internet Explorer in favor of using Firefox...so, much of
that is gone. Continual patches of IE's flaws were getting to me!!

As I recall Quick Launch is a feature of IE Explorer. Removing IE
may be the problem. Maybe someone will know for sure.

Quick launch is just a folder with that folder designated as a toolbar.
One can make *any* folder (or drive) a toolbar, whatever is in it
becomes the "quick launch" stuff.

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dadiOH
____________________________

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Box Top wrote:

However, checking Toolbars Desktop does give me a Desktop
insertion, and clicking that does bring me back to the desktop...
Much-much closer to what I'd like but no QL "icons" quite yet....
I could live with this inserted if I can't recreate QL "icons".

You are making a huge thing out of something that is really pretty
simple.

There is nothing special about "Quick Launch" - it is just a folder.
The folder can be named thusly but doesn't have to be...it can be named
anything. You place it on your task bar by right clicking the task bar,
selecting "Toolbars", "New Toolbar" and browsing to whatever folder (or
drive) you want to make a toolbar. Whatever is in that folder (or
drive) be it other folders and/or files, apps and/or shortcuts to apps
become the things available for selection. How they are displayed
depends on the display characteristics you select for the new
toolbar...large vs small icons, title/no title, text/no text.

You can have numerous toolbars. Additionally, you can have up to four
taskbars (one on each side of the monitor) and each can have numerous
toolbars. I have three taskbars (all auto hide) with a total of 11
"quick launch" toolbars. You can also have toolbars on your desktop.

For more info, see Windows Helptoolbar and/or my dandies (see below).

--
dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico