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Folder on desktop

Aug 8, 2007 7:29AM PDT

The gremlins are at it again!
The entertainment folder that use to be in Windows Explorer program/accessories is now on the desktop as an icon. How do I get it back where it was?
Windows 98 SE
Athlon 800
384 Mbyte sdram

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PICNIC
Aug 9, 2007 12:16AM PDT
The gremlins are at it again!

PICNIC == Person in chair not in computer ,-)

The entertainment folder that use to be in Windows Explorer program/accessories is now on the desktop as an icon.

1. Is this entry on the Desktop a Shortcut Icon or is it actually a Folder which contains the files?

How do I get it back where it was?

2. If the answer to the first question in #1 above is it's a "Shortcut Icon" -- would be depicted with a tiny arrow in the lower left of the icon; First, right-click this shortcut and select Properties by clicking that word; See what the path is that the shortcut points to and be sure that the folder exist in Explorer with the files. If everything appears correct, then simply right-click this estranged Desktop shortcut and select Cut from the resulting context menu. Using Explorer, progress to the folder named in your original question above (where you think it belongs), right-click on a blank space in the window on the right and select Paste from the resulting context menu.

3. If the answer to the second question in #1 above is it's the "Folder" with all the files listed in it then you'll need to move that folder using Explorer. However, I cannot tell you where to move it to except to move it from the Desktop folder to somewhere else. Where you put it is your call. After completing this process; go to your Programs, Accessories folder and create a shortcut to that folder.
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Picnic
Aug 9, 2007 8:53AM PDT

The icon is a folder that contains files for CD player,interactive CD Sampler, sound recorder and volume control. There was no desktop shortcut before.
I do not know how to move it back to programs/accessories where it was originally.

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What
Aug 10, 2007 8:45AM PDT
I do not know how to move it back to programs/accessories where it was originally.

1. Do you not know what Explorer is or how to access it?

2. Do you not know that when you right-click a folder or file name when in Explorer that you're presented with a Context Menu offering several options a user can use to take certain actions concerning a file?

3. Do you not know where your Programs/Accessories folder is so you could return the file folder there?
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Done
Aug 10, 2007 11:50PM PDT

Thanks for enlightening me!