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anytime, i always create my own, i like to pick my own icons, etc.<BR>
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 17:25, David Mangani wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>Success!
Just a quick thanks, For whatever reason, when I right click on the desktop
and create the kppp link in this manner it worked perfectly. Thanks again for
the tip.
Dave
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:08 pm, Cyber Source wrote:
> try right clicking on the desktop and create a new link, call it
> whatever and use kppp for the command.
>
> On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 19:48, David Mangani wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply, it is a curiosity to me how this kppp behaves. The
> > method you suggested is actually the way I put kppp on the desktop to
> > begin with. ( Open kmenu, then drag it to the desktop ) . Once I do that
> > a dialog box opens and allows me to "link here" or "copy here" I have
> > tried creating the desktop Icon using both methods with the same result.
> > My desktop locks up. As long as I click the Kmenu, scroll up to internet
> > then over to kppp and click it works perfect. Just the strangest thing.
> > Once again thanks for the input and advise
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On Monday 02 June 2003 10:44 pm, Robert Meyer wrote:
> > > I would suspect that if you right click on the one on the desktop and
> > > select Properties and the one in the memu (with menudrake), you'll find
> > > out that they may be invoking things differently. In newer KDE
> > > versions, you can drag the one from the menu to the desktop. Just
> > > whack the one on the desktop and drag the one from the menu there and
> > > the problem will be gone...
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > --- David Mangani <dmangani@att.net> wrote:
> > > > I had been unable to use KDE as my desktop because kppp would lock up
> > > > my screen when going online. All my icons would disappear the task
> > > > bar would not
> > > >
> > > > come up, it was very strange. Almost by chance I inadvertantly ran
> > > > kppp from the kmenu instead of the shortcut on the desktop and it
> > > > works perfectly! I don't know why it would do that. Anyone have any
> > > > ideas? An answer is not critical as I am able to finally use KDE, Its
> > > > just that I'd love to know why it does that. If anyone knows why this
> > > > would be please let me know.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > Dave.
> > >
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