Where are the Desktop icons?

B

BRod

When I use Windows Explorer to look for Desktop icons in Vista Home Premium,
I can't find a Desktop folder in the C:/Users/Public folder, even though the
properties on the icon I'm looking for says that this is where it is located.
Is there some new twist from XP that I've missed that hides these files?
 
C

Charlie42

BRod said:
When I use Windows Explorer to look for Desktop icons in Vista Home
Premium,
I can't find a Desktop folder in the C:/Users/Public folder, even though
the
properties on the icon I'm looking for says that this is where it is
located.
Is there some new twist from XP that I've missed that hides these files?
Click to expand...

The Desktop folder in \Users\Public is hidden by default.

How to see it in Windows Explorer: Tools > Folder Options > View tab > Show
hidden files and folders.

Charlie42
 
R

Robin

I thought Desktop was at the top of the tree. On my Vista I see Desktop
and all the icons, then Computer and after that c:\ and the other drives. I
have my explorer set to classic view.
 
R

Robin

I thought Desktop was at the top of the tree. On my Vista I see Desktop
and all the icons, then Computer and after that c:\ and the other drives. I
have my explorer set to classic view.
 
A

Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]

You are not gonna find one because there is no such account as Public, the
Public directory is shared with multiple users who want to share files.
 
F

forty-nine

Robin said:
I thought Desktop was at the top of the tree. On my Vista I see Desktop
and all the icons, then Computer and after that c:\ and the other drives.
I
have my explorer set to classic view.
Click to expand...


Right below "desktop" on my PC, is my user name folder, then public.

If you don't see it there...expand c: , then open users
 
C

Chris Game

You are not gonna find one because there is no such account as
Public, the Public directory is shared with multiple users who
want to share files.
Click to expand...

There's a C:\Users\Public folder, and it's a yellow one rather than
a blue one in Explorer so I guess it's real, not a system artifact.
 
R

Robin

my last message posted but not the other 2. If I google it I can see them
on other websites. Lost in Space?
 
R

Robin

I think they all download automatically when I refresh? Sometimes I reply
to sender by mistake instead of replay to group but it wasn't the case this
time because I checked my sent folder.
 
R

Rick Rogers

Hi Robin,

Since you're using Windows Mail, simply click tools/options and on the read
tab uncheck the line for "get xxx headers at a time". This will allow the
system to download all available messages.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
R

Robin

Doesn't it tell me on the info bar at the bottom if I have headers not
downloaded? I've noticed if I have too many unread messages I have to
click catchup to download all?
 
F

forty-nine

Robin said:
Doesn't it tell me on the info bar at the bottom if I have headers not
downloaded? I've noticed if I have too many unread messages I have to
click catchup to download all?
Click to expand...

<snipped>

The last icon to the right in the toolbar should be "Get Next Headers".
That will download any "undownloaded" headers.

"Catch Up" will mark your account as up to date with the server, so you will
lose any messages you had yet to download.
 

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