TSGL: Shortcut icon on desktop H. DAVIS

[The Computer Whisperer]

nice 1 H Davis, well thought out

On 02/02/07, H Davis <hdavis1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wow, I'll have to let you talk to the wife. She doesn't share your high
> opinion of me and my efforts.
>
> I've seen this launcher scheme before where a small program starts a
> large program and I seemed to remember strange behavior from the
> launcher program. Sometimes I get lucky. Glad I could give back. I've
> sure gotten more than I've given from this group.
>
> H Davis
>
> EDLYNN wrote:
> > H. Davis -
> >
> > Pure genius!!! You lit the lamp and showed me the way. DAVIS, be
> praised!!!
> >
> > I opened OmniPage at AllPrograms and opened Task Manager. A process
> called
> > Om,niPage.exe was sitting there and gobbling up 24,600Kb. It was not
> listed
> > in the Program File folder, and Start>Run couldn't find it. But I ran a
> > Search for it, and thar she was. I tested her out, and sure enough she
> > opened the program. The rest was normal, just right-clicking and
> creating
> > the shortcut on the Desktp. A test of the shortcut icon worked
> perfectly!!!
> > Pure genius, H Davis, pure genius!!!
> > I thought that I had tried every trick in the book, but I guess I
> hadn't.
> > Let's mark this one down somewhere.
> >
> > Thank you, H.Davis, thank you.
> >
> > ED
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: TSGL: Sgortcut icon on desktop
> >
> >
> >
> >> Ed.
> >>
> >> Since LauncherOP.exe doesn't seem to be the actual program, can you
> look
> >> in Task Manager and try to determine what the executable is? Maybe if
> >> you start a scan you can see the cpu usage on a process and identify it
> >> that way.
> >>
> >> It may be that LauncherOP.exe just starts some other program as its
> name
> >> implies. Why it won't start that other program under some circumstances
> >> I don't know but it wouldn't be the strangest thing I've seen Windows
> do.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> H Davis
> >> EDLYNN wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks for the suggestion, and that's where I am now. The problem
> remains
> >>> to
> >>> open it as a shortcut!
> >>>
> >>> Double-clicking this icon from the Desktop yields an information
> dialogue
> >>> box, advising me what this icon will do when opened. I click OK and
> then
> >>> nothing happens. the identical information bax and consequences occur
> >>> when
> >>> it is opened in the program folder. The icon is marked "LauncherOP.exe
> "
> >>>
> >>> Any other suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks. ED
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "William Pike" <whpike at cox.net>
> >>> To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:59 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: TSGL: Sgortcut icon on desktop
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> If you have tried to "right click and drag" to create a new shortcut
> and
> >>>> that's failed, why don't you simply copy the shortcut that's in your
> >>>> start
> >>>> menu (all programs) and paste it on your desktop...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> William Pike
> >>>> whpike at cox.net
> >>>> whpike at gmail.com
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com]
> On
> >>>> Behalf Of EDLYNN
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:56 PM
> >>>> To: TechSupportGuys
> >>>> Subject: TSGL: Sgortcut icon on desktop
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all -
> >>>>
> >>>> The usual ways have failed. Right clicking the icon of the program
> does
> >>>> not
> >>>> yield the "shortcut" choice. Dragging the icon doesn't work. There's
> no
> >>>> option in the File menu when the program is open. I'm stuck with
> having
> >>>> to
> >>>> stop everything, go to All Programs and then open the OCR scanning
> >>>> application - a pain when I want to scan a text document for filing.
> >>>>
> >>>> I use XPPro SP2 and the application is Scansoft's OmniPage SE as part
> of
> >>>> my
> >>>> multi-function Canon printer.
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't shake the icon loose to place it on the desktop.  Any help???
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.  ED
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