Put Drive A on Desktop

[Norm]

When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
it gives the flash
light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
know why?
Thanks.

[Russ]

>-----Original Message-----
>When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
>it gives the flash
>light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
>know why?
>Thanks.
>.
>

Answer?: Don't put drive A:/ on desktop.
Wish all were this simple.

[kenny]

Insert a diskette before picking icon.
>-----Original Message-----
>When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
>it gives the flash
>light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
>know why?
>Thanks.
>.
>

[Patrick]

Norm wrote:
> When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
> it gives the flash
> light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
> know why?
> Thanks.

Right-click the shortcut, click 'Properties', select 'Shortcut' tab.
In the 'Target' field it should simply say: A:\

At a guess you may find it to be pointing to a *file* on a floppy.

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:32:17 -0700, Norm wrote:

> When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
> it gives the flash
> light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
> know why?
> Thanks.

Find another way to handle this for a while. A recent Windows update has
broken shortcuts pointing to drives. MS is aware of the problem and a fix
should come along eventually but until it does you'll need to access the
drive differently.

May want to try an Explorer shortcut with the focus on the A drive. Create
a shortcut to explorer.exe and change the target line in the shortcut's
properties to read: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,a:

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Ramesh]

Hi Norm,

Open Control Panel > Add/Remove programs and uninstall the Microsoft
WindowsUpdate hotfix "821557"

Also see:
Desktop Shortcut to the 3 1/2 Inch Disk Drive or to the CD-ROM Drive Does
Not Work
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;824143

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"Norm" > wrote in message
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When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
it gives the flash
light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
know why?
Thanks.

[Unknown]

Why remove 821557?? It causes no problem.
"Ramesh" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Norm,
>
> Open Control Panel > Add/Remove programs and uninstall the Microsoft
> WindowsUpdate hotfix "821557"
>
> Also see:
> Desktop Shortcut to the 3 1/2 Inch Disk Drive or to the CD-ROM Drive
Does
> Not Work
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;824143
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ramesh
> AOL: SRamesh2k
>
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> «.............. Ramesh ...............»
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>
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>
>
> "Norm" > wrote in message
> ...
> When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
> it gives the flash
> light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
> know why?
> Thanks.
>
>

[Ramesh]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:151850

Pls go thru:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;824143

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"Unknown" > wrote in message
y.com...
Why remove 821557?? It causes no problem.
"Ramesh" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Norm,
>
> Open Control Panel > Add/Remove programs and uninstall the Microsoft
> WindowsUpdate hotfix "821557"
>
> Also see:
> Desktop Shortcut to the 3 1/2 Inch Disk Drive or to the CD-ROM Drive
Does
> Not Work
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;824143
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ramesh
> AOL: SRamesh2k
>
> «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
> «.............. Ramesh ...............»
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>
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>
>
> "Norm" > wrote in message
> ...
> When I do this and try to open the drive to use a floppy
> it gives the flash
> light pix and tells me it cannot find the drive, Anyone
> know why?
> Thanks.
>
>