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by europanorama 1 view

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i have lost the "my computer" shortcut. i have now only a connection to ..(verkn?pfung in german)
i need the original otherwise i cannot use the right-click to get access to other services.

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by dklippert

Right-click the Desktop. Select Properties>Desktop>Customize Desktop General Tab

Put a check mark in "My Computer."

by slowlearner

Check the following registry keys, understand what you do. This applies for W2000 and XP.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
Name: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 (1=hide; 0=display)

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum
Name: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1 (1=hide; 0=display)

If your value has 1, change it to 0.

by europanorama

i see my computer in the taskbar below but woujld like to have it on desktop. cannot copy only connection which disables the right-click-options.

by bobho

If it's on the taskbar have you tried to either drag it back on to the desktop (with the left mouse button) or copying it back to the desktop (click on it with the right mouse button and while holding the button down move the cursor to the desktop, release the mouse button and choose "Copy Here" from the popup window)?

DrBob:>)

by europanorama

in winme i cannot relocate nor copy, only a connection/verkn?pfung is possible. but this will lack of properties like in standard version of my computer.

by bobho

Well, I don't know what "connection/verkn?pfung " is. If it says "My Computer" but isn't a shortcut to "My Computer" then I'd get rid of it (unless you're using it for something else).

You can always go to Windows Explorer and right-click on "My Computer" and then click on Create Shortcut. Choose the Desktop as the location you want to send the shortcut too.

DrBob:>)

by europanorama

i tried everything, went into explorer, tried to copy move and right-click and then connexion/knotting to ... there is only one possibility maybe called short-cut. i do not see anything on the desktop(maybe its already full for this action).
in other words-once more- if i do this knotting with my computer and right-click on it, i do not see the traditional active desktop on top of the menue and properties on the bottom which leads me to the properties of system(within system control). i see something else, the special menue of this mycomputer-knotting/connexion

by bobho

Then from Explorer drag the icon for "My Computer" to the desktop with your right-mouse button and when you're over the desktop let go of it. You should see a popup menu to "Create Shortcut". Click on that with your left mouse button. I've tried this on win98, winme, w2k and winxp and it works on all of them.

DrBob:>)

by europanorama

it is different on my desktop-folder because it seems i cannot really see on desktop all my data/folders which are in the desktopfolder. eg. mycomputer i can see separately from where i tried to proceed(same wrong results as described). in desktopfolder is mycomputer again plus verkn?pfung mit(connexion/knotting with mycomputer(i still do not know the right englisch word). the problems is now that i cannot delete the alredy existing mycomputer in desktop-folder again to create a new one as you described. thats why all my preceedings will lead to verkn?pfung mit...mycomputer.
i cannot see the real and standard mycomputer shortcut on desktop because its overloaded. if a shortcut already exists then one could always read verkn?pfung with ... when you create multiple shortcut of e.g floppydisk a: or whatever(of course one can rename). but the problem is that original mycomputer differs from verkn?pfung mit mycomputer when you right-click and check properties(have explained this already) maybe i must delete some files in desktop-folder.

by europanorama

i see mycomputer in taskbar below(it has been there from the beginning of my problem) and it can be opened. how can i relocate it to desktop?

by bobho

If you go to Windows Explorer and click on Desktop (at the very top) does the original My Computer icon show there?

Do you see any of the original icons on your desktop?

DrBob:>)

by europanorama

yes. there is a second problem: how can i set th3 desktop-icon to the taskbar? i have lost it too.
maybe all these problems are here because there is still a corruption/error when trying the use windows-setup(checking universal plug@play). i tried to use fc-exe from win98a but it does not work on this winme. maybe i need the win98se-version. i am now setting up a new harddrive 3gb on a p60. see my new message coming soon.

by europanorama

i will now retry.- for those still not understanding what verkn?pfung(german) means. if i pull disk(a)-drive from my computer to desktop then it says it cannot be copied nor relocated but....??? with desktop(verkn?pft mit....)-maybe connected with ?desktop. what is the right word now? should be easy now.

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