What's that Icon?

XP Pro latest updates.
Windows Explore sometims shows an background icon in the right pane.
I cannot find any similarities to the file contents in a pane from
folder to folder that would help figure out what it is and why it is
there.
It is located in the bottom right of the pane.
It is about 1"x1" on my screen. i.e. not a small icon.
It is light blue and keeps at the bottom of the right pane as the
window is sized.
Text in the pane is over it.
I looks sort of like a four pointed compass with a square border.
What is it?
My other laptop with XP Pro latest updates does not show this icon.

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On 04 Apr 2012, BeeJ wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

XP Pro latest updates.
Windows Explore sometims shows an background icon in the right pane.
I cannot find any similarities to the file contents in a pane from
folder to folder that would help figure out what it is and why it is
there.
It is located in the bottom right of the pane.
It is about 1"x1" on my screen. i.e. not a small icon.
It is light blue and keeps at the bottom of the right pane as the
window is sized.
Text in the pane is over it.
I looks sort of like a four pointed compass with a square border.
What is it?
My other laptop with XP Pro latest updates does not show this icon.

Show us: do a screen capture, upload it to a web site, tell us the URL.

OK, step me through putting the captured image where all can see it.

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The Titanic was built by professionals.
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream ...
Life is but a dream!

"BeeJ" wrote in message ...
OK, step me through putting the captured image where all can see it.

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The Titanic was built by professionals.
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream ...
Life is but a dream!



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On 04 Apr 2012, BeeJ wrote in
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OK, step me through putting the captured image where all can see it.

- hit Ctrl+Print Screen to capture an image of the whole desktop to the
clipboard. Paste it into Paint or other image editor. Crop it a bit -
we probably don't need to see the whole image, just the part you want
to show. Save it as a JPG format file.

As far as putting the image up on a site, I don't have time to get into
that. Check out some of the many picture sharing sites out there like
Photobucket, Flikr, Shutterfly, etc.

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:38:46 -0400, Nil
wrote:


- hit Ctrl+Print Screen to capture an image of the whole desktop to the
clipboard.


Just plain PrtScn is fine. No Ctrl is needed.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

"Nil" wrote in message ...
On 04 Apr 2012, BeeJ wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

OK, step me through putting the captured image where all can see it.

- hit Ctrl+Print Screen to capture an image of the whole desktop to the
clipboard. Paste it into Paint or other image editor. Crop it a bit -
we probably don't need to see the whole image, just the part you want
to show. Save it as a JPG format file.

In Gadwin just to capture an image you need

Icon RightHand Click
Properties
Soure
Rectangular Area
OK



As far as putting the image up on a site, I don't have time to get into
that. Check out some of the many picture sharing sites out there like
Photobucket, Flikr, Shutterfly, etc.

Photobucket it OK

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:38:33 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:38:46 -0400, Nil
wrote:


- hit Ctrl+Print Screen to capture an image of the whole desktop to the
clipboard.


Just plain PrtScn is fine. No Ctrl is needed.

I almost always use Alt-PrntScrn so I get just the active window
rather than the entire screen. I guess it depends on what I'm trying
to capture.

Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:38:33 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:38:46 -0400, Nil
wrote:


- hit Ctrl+Print Screen to capture an image of the whole desktop to the
clipboard.

Just plain PrtScn is fine. No Ctrl is needed.

I almost always use Alt-PrntScrn so I get just the active window
rather than the entire screen. I guess it depends on what I'm trying
to capture.


I use a separate program here, because it has a "timer"
option, to delay taking a snapshot. If I need to stage
a menu, open it to a particular place and have some item
highlighted in it, I can capture that by using the timer.

Paul

From: "Char Jackson"

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:38:33 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:38:46 -0400, Nil
wrote:


- hit Ctrl+Print Screen to capture an image of the whole desktop to the
clipboard.


Just plain PrtScn is fine. No Ctrl is needed.

I almost always use Alt-PrntScrn so I get just the active window
rather than the entire screen. I guess it depends on what I'm trying
to capture.

I use the area capture of Paint Shop Pro or XNview and get exactly the screen area I want.


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On 04 Apr 2012, Char Jackson wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

I almost always use Alt-PrntScrn so I get just the active window
rather than the entire screen. I guess it depends on what I'm
trying to capture.

I've got at least 4 screen capture utilities on my computer -
Irfanview, GrabIt, Paint Shop Pro, and the ol' standby PrtScr. I use
Irfanview 98% of the time. Grabit is good for screen cap movies. Paint
Shop Pro takes too long to start up to bother with for this purpose. I
only mentioned PrintScreen because everybody has it - I never use it
myself.

From: "Nil"

On 04 Apr 2012, Char Jackson wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

I almost always use Alt-PrntScrn so I get just the active window
rather than the entire screen. I guess it depends on what I'm
trying to capture.

I've got at least 4 screen capture utilities on my computer -
Irfanview, GrabIt, Paint Shop Pro, and the ol' standby PrtScr. I use
Irfanview 98% of the time. Grabit is good for screen cap movies. Paint
Shop Pro takes too long to start up to bother with for this purpose. I
only mentioned PrintScreen because everybody has it - I never use it
myself.

PSP works just fine for me with no startup hesitation.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On 05 Apr 2012, "David H. Lipman"
wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

PSP works just fine for me with no startup hesitation.

PSP 9 works fine for me, too, but the first time I start it up in a
session, it takes 5 - 10 seconds. After that it comes up much quicker.
Irfanview always comes up in less than a second. Also, Irfanview has
more screen capture options. PSP has a few options, like the timer and
multiple capture, that Irfanview has, but I never use those.

PSP is overkill for screen captures most of the time, unless it's
already up.

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:28:21 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 05 Apr 2012, "David H. Lipman"
wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

PSP works just fine for me with no startup hesitation.

PSP 9 works fine for me, too, but the first time I start it up in a
session, it takes 5 - 10 seconds. After that it comes up much quicker.
Irfanview always comes up in less than a second. Also, Irfanview has
more screen capture options. PSP has a few options, like the timer and
multiple capture, that Irfanview has, but I never use those.

PSP is overkill for screen captures most of the time, unless it's
already up.


I have both PSP and Irfanview installed here but I've never used
either for screen captures. I just use PrtScn or Alt-PrtScn, which
seems to meet my needs.

What am I missing? What's better about PSP and Irfanview for this?

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

On 05 Apr 2012, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

What am I missing? What's better about PSP and Irfanview for this?

Captures are worth a thousand words:

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http://rednoise.devio.us/temp/PSP-cap1.png