Comments on: Get Drive Shortcuts on Your Windows Desktop http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/ Technology News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:19:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-138830 Ryan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:59:34 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12980#comment-138830 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138777" rel="nofollow">Ian Cammarata wrote:</a><blockquote>Bah, I think the whole desktop idea is counter productive anyway, since you need to minimize everything in order to get to it. I recently stopped using it, as well as the quick launch on the taskbar. I think the Vista start menu has obsoleted them both.</blockquote></div> Having to minimize everything is one of the reasons I never made much use of my desktop, and I was never really a fan of using the "show desktop" shortcut. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138793" rel="nofollow">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>What bugs me about this piece of software is that it scans your floppy drive every few seconds. I don’t want to have to hear my floppy drive get scanned twenty times a minute. Of course you could disable the floppy scanning feature, but where’s the sense in that? It’s a cool concept though. :)</blockquote></div> I didn't think about that since I haven't had a floppy drive in a computer for about 7 years. I could see how that would be annoying though. Ian Cammarata wrote:
Bah, I think the whole desktop idea is counter productive anyway, since you need to minimize everything in order to get to it. I recently stopped using it, as well as the quick launch on the taskbar. I think the Vista start menu has obsoleted them both.

Having to minimize everything is one of the reasons I never made much use of my desktop, and I was never really a fan of using the “show desktop” shortcut.

Pieter wrote:
What bugs me about this piece of software is that it scans your floppy drive every few seconds. I don’t want to have to hear my floppy drive get scanned twenty times a minute. Of course you could disable the floppy scanning feature, but where’s the sense in that? It’s a cool concept though. :)

I didn’t think about that since I haven’t had a floppy drive in a computer for about 7 years. I could see how that would be annoying though.

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-138793 Pieter Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:26:11 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12980#comment-138793 What bugs me about this piece of software is that it scans your floppy drive every few seconds. I don't want to have to hear my floppy drive get scanned twenty times a minute. Of course you could disable the floppy scanning feature, but where's the sense in that? It's a cool concept though. :) What bugs me about this piece of software is that it scans your floppy drive every few seconds. I don’t want to have to hear my floppy drive get scanned twenty times a minute. Of course you could disable the floppy scanning feature, but where’s the sense in that? It’s a cool concept though. :)

]]> By: Ian Cammarata http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-138777 Ian Cammarata Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:31:51 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12980#comment-138777 Bah, I think the whole desktop idea is counter productive anyway, since you need to minimize everything in order to get to it. I recently stopped using it, as well as the quick launch on the taskbar. I think the Vista start menu has obsoleted them both. Bah, I think the whole desktop idea is counter productive anyway, since you need to minimize everything in order to get to it. I recently stopped using it, as well as the quick launch on the taskbar. I think the Vista start menu has obsoleted them both.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-138764 Ryan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:42:54 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12980#comment-138764 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138748" rel="nofollow">FredThompson wrote:</a><blockquote>I wonder why you didn’t see Desktop Media, also on Freeware Genius. <a href="http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/05/27/desktop-media-get-automatic-desktop-shortcuts-when-you-plug-in-your-usb-drive-or-other-media" rel="nofollow">http://www.freewaregenius.com/.....ther-media</a> Related is USB Disc Ejector <a href="http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector" rel="nofollow">http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector</a></blockquote></div> I don't see everything on every site... we go through thousands of feed items everyday so some things get past my radar. :roll: <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-138751" rel="nofollow">thorbeast wrote:</a><blockquote>Hmmm. You can just drag and create shortcuts to your desktop or quicklaunch bar or wherever for these drives in any version of Windows. I have permanent shortcuts created this way for a number of removable media (portable hard drive, usb flash drive) on my Quicklaunch bar (in Windows Vista and in XP. No need for this other program.</blockquote></div> True, but some people have problems where the drives they attach to Windows are assigned different drive letters. This would compensate for that problem. FredThompson wrote:
I wonder why you didn’t see Desktop Media, also on Freeware Genius.
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Related is USB Disc Ejector [quick.mixnmojo.com]

I don’t see everything on every site… we go through thousands of feed items everyday so some things get past my radar. :roll:

thorbeast wrote:
Hmmm. You can just drag and create shortcuts to your desktop or quicklaunch bar or wherever for these drives in any version of Windows. I have permanent shortcuts created this way for a number of removable media (portable hard drive, usb flash drive) on my Quicklaunch bar (in Windows Vista and in XP. No need for this other program.

True, but some people have problems where the drives they attach to Windows are assigned different drive letters. This would compensate for that problem.

]]> By: thorbeast http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-138751 thorbeast Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:06:27 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12980#comment-138751 Hmmm. You can just drag and create shortcuts to your desktop or quicklaunch bar or wherever for these drives in any version of Windows. I have permanent shortcuts created this way for a number of removable media (portable hard drive, usb flash drive) on my Quicklaunch bar (in Windows Vista and in XP. No need for this other program. Hmmm. You can just drag and create shortcuts to your desktop or quicklaunch bar or wherever for these drives in any version of Windows. I have permanent shortcuts created this way for a number of removable media (portable hard drive, usb flash drive) on my Quicklaunch bar (in Windows Vista and in XP. No need for this other program.

]]> By: FredThompson http://cybernetnews.com/get-drive-shortcuts-on-your-windows-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-138748 FredThompson Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:26:23 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12980#comment-138748 I wonder why you didn't see Desktop Media, also on Freeware Genius. http://www.freewaregenius.com/2008/05/27/desktop-media-get-automatic-desktop-shortcuts-when-you-plug-in-your-usb-drive-or-other-media Related is USB Disc Ejector http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector I wonder why you didn’t see Desktop Media, also on Freeware Genius.
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Related is USB Disc Ejector [quick.mixnmojo.com]

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