[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

Thorsten Kampe thorsten@thorstenkampe.de
Mon Feb 25 10:44:00 GMT 2008


* Corinna Vinschen (Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:59 +0100)
> On Feb 24 17:09, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> > * Corinna Vinschen (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:38:05 +0100)
> > > The desktop icon exists, but you have to press F5 once on the desktop,
> > > otherwise the desktop content gets not refreshed.
> > 
> > Never heard of this. New feature of 2008?
> 
> F5 is the refresh key for ages.

I know. But on XP and 2000 you didn't have to use the refresh key to 
see the Cygwin icon created on the desktop. Anyway: after logging out 
and in it's there
 
> > On the other hand I see /two/ Desktop.ini files on my Desktop
> > which leads to the conclusion that the desktop has become kind of
> > "virtual" on Vista or 2008.
> [...]
> You always saw two directories on your desktop, the user desktop as
> well as the public (former "All Users") desktop.  Unfortunately all
> desktops have a desktop.ini file since Vista.

Aah, I guess /that/ is the real change, thanks.

Thorsten


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