about symbolic links on Desktop

Joe Klemmer klemmerj at webtrek.com
Thu Jun 1 23:39:57 CEST 2006


nusret wrote:

> When I copy a file from a folder, I cannot paste it on
> the Desktop by simply right-clicking in xfdesktop
> view. i can do that if I switch to Thunar. Similarly
> for the others.
> 
> "Send to Desktop..." is about putting a symbolic link
> to some executable file, a document, or a folder, in
> the Desktop folder. It's not about workplaces.

	I finally got this when Mike replied.  See, the idea of doing just what 
you are describing is something that is anti-productive from my 
experience.  There should never be anything on the desktop except for 
maybe iconified windows.  But that's what people are so accustom to now.

Joe



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