Probably been asked a lot, but I couldn't find anything.

How do I enable desktop icons on themes with no themevars.rc, or desktop_icons.rc? I have enabled icons in austerity, but I do not know how to enable desktop icons in all my other themes. All of my themes load jdesk, if that's of any help.

get xdesktop or icondesk from loose-screws.com or ls-universe.info

K, I got xdesktop from loose-scews.com and I don't know what to do now. The installation in the readme doesnt explain enough.
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xDesktop v1.2
by Andymon
andymon@ls-universe.info
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Overview
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This simulation of the explorer desktop is up to 95% identical to Explorer Desktop! Just
set the following Three Lines and you're having your OldStyle Explorer Desktop =)

xDesktopAutoCreate
xDesktopConfigFile "$ConfigDir$yourdesktopfile.rc"
include "$ConfigDir$yourdesktopfile.rc"

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Basic Settings Overview:
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Of course, you should also specify some basic layout informations.

xDesktopX
xDesktopY
xDesktopItemWidth
xDesktopItemHeight
xDesktopSpacingX
xDesktopSpacingY
xDesktopDirection
xDesktopWrapDirection
xDesktopWrapCount

These settings affect only the "!xDesktopCreate replace ..." Bang and "xDesktopAutoCreate"
to provide a instant layout ;) The further finetune positioning should be made by hand (Draggable).

Add this line to your theme.rc to load the module automatically using NLM.



Now add this line in the same file, anywhere:



Now if you wan to use other settings such as these:

xDesktopX
xDesktopY
xDesktopItemWidth
xDesktopItemHeight
xDesktopSpacingX
xDesktopSpacingY
xDesktopDirection
xDesktopWrapDirection
xDesktopWrapCount

you'll have to create a file named "icons.rc" in your theme's config folder, and add all the settings you want. But before doing that you should also set these lines in theme.rc:



Voila, you have icons! BTW, you can name 'icons.rc' whatever you want, just edit the settings approprietly :)

Hope that helps.

K. thank you very much.

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What do I do? I'm running Windows 98SE.

whoa... fubar

Maybe xdesktop isn't supported by win98? I dunno really...

nevermind
im using nexDeskIcon, and it works great.