Other Help Topics :: How to link desktop icons?

I have DSL installed but when you click on a desktop icon, nothing happens. On this Dell Optiplex GMT 5166 computer dtd 1996, is there a way to click on a desktop icon and launch the application?

I just answered my own question. You need to do a vigorous double click to launch the application. Any chance of changing this to an easy Linux single click?

1 What is the easiest way to autologin so that we go straight to the desktop when booting without having to login? There was a post about reinstalling & not checking multi-user. Will that work? Is there an easier way?

2. Is there an easy way to add an icon that you can click on it to connect to the internet?

The reason we are asking is not only to make it easier to set up older computers for ourselves but to set them up for others. Most people need an easy toolbar or desktop icon to launch the applications they want to use.

1. yes, installing without multiuser option does take you straight to
the desktop upon booting up DSL.

2. With most connections, it's already connected as soon as
you hit the desktop. ( DSLmodem, Cablemodem, DHCP, Network )

If you want a dialup connection to do this, first you must set it up
for your connect number, userid/passdw, etc..

Making an icon for the desktop that runs your startup commands
should be easy with a small script, and your provided icon..
See the /home/dsl/.xtdesktop icon groups for some examples..

For some single-clicking fun, try the wmdrawer.tar.gz extension..
It's a neat little tuck-away drawer dockapp, that leaves your desktop
free for other uses ( apps, wallpaper,etc..) , and uses the lazy, non-M$
method of single-click to launch any applications you choose to put
in the /home/dsl/.wmdrawerrc file..

73
ke4nt

We are stumped on how to create a new icon called launch to launch our dialup internet connection. We tried copying an exisitng emelfm file even as root but can''t find it. Also the launch image is at /home/dsl/photos/launch.jpg because we couldn't figure out how to get it in /home/dsl/.xdesktop . Is that OK? Do you have to use a script &, if so, how do you do that?

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