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rhino
How do I recover a desktop icon for a program in XP?
My mother has only the most basic of computer skills so I spent a bit of
time with her yesterday trying to show her how to launch a program. I had
her move the mouse onto an icon that starts a PPPoE dialer on my brother's
computer and then double-click on it. Since she is still very awkward with
the mouse, she moved the icon as she clicked on it. It happened very quickly
but I _think_ she dragged and dropped the dialer icon onto the icon below
it; the lower icon simply disappeared.
My theory is that she didn't delete the other program, just the icon for the
program. But neither of us knew which program it was, since we hadn't looked
very closely at the text under the nearby icons.
So how do we get that icon back? I know the worst-case scenario is that we
simply reinstall the program - once we figure out which one it is! - but
does Windows give me a simpler way to get back that one icon?
I've never made that particular mistake before so I've never had to figure
this out before. I'm hoping someone here can tell me what to do.
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Rhino
My mother has only the most basic of computer skills so I spent a bit of
time with her yesterday trying to show her how to launch a program. I had
her move the mouse onto an icon that starts a PPPoE dialer on my brother's
computer and then double-click on it. Since she is still very awkward with
the mouse, she moved the icon as she clicked on it. It happened very quickly
but I _think_ she dragged and dropped the dialer icon onto the icon below
it; the lower icon simply disappeared.
My theory is that she didn't delete the other program, just the icon for the
program. But neither of us knew which program it was, since we hadn't looked
very closely at the text under the nearby icons.
So how do we get that icon back? I know the worst-case scenario is that we
simply reinstall the program - once we figure out which one it is! - but
does Windows give me a simpler way to get back that one icon?
I've never made that particular mistake before so I've never had to figure
this out before. I'm hoping someone here can tell me what to do.
--
Rhino