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View file extentons on desktop Thread last updated on 2004-07-01 09:25:52

Posted by member 177490 on 2004-07-01 07:49:51

i really like litestep, but i really want to be able to view file extentons on desktop, like .exe, and such.


a virus can masquerade itselgf as a zip file by cnhanging its icon, and i do not want that happening to me, becausei download everything to my desktop.

are there any ways to do this?

thanks

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-07-01 07:54:39 link

What icon module are you using? I know IconDesk has a setting to do this.

Posted by member 177490 on 2004-07-01 07:58:15 link

i'm using the default theme, and i checked in desktop_icons.rc and theres no option dto do this as far as i saw.


i'm om WinXP home, using desktop_icons.rc, if that's what you meany by module.



and i apologize for being a newbie oif it isn'y

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-07-01 08:03:06 link

Austerity uses the icondesk module. desktop_icons.rc is a file that defines various settings for it. Add this line to it to show desktop icons:

HideExtension False

For further reference, look in your litestep\modules\docs folder. There is usually a help file for every module you have in there, that contains the module's settings and such.

Posted by member 177490 on 2004-07-01 08:15:46 link

thanks, but i have a question. i changed the file
C:\Program Files\LiteStep\profiles\Owner\themes\austerity\config\desktop_icons.rc by adding HideExtension False , and then i reloaded the theme (austerity). for some reason, i still don't see desktop icons :-(

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-07-01 08:26:19 link

What version of windows are you on? Because in austerity, deskfolders is used for people on win9x or nt4, and I believe deskfolders doesn't have a setting to show extensions.

Posted by member 177490 on 2004-07-01 08:53:46 link

i'm using windows XP home edition

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-07-01 09:07:17 link

Is explorer (the file manager) set to show extensions in your desktop folder (C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop)? If it isn't, do it.

Try recycling litestep.

If it still doesn't work,
press ctrl+shift+x to get the command box and type !about. In the about dialog, go to the loaded modules part. Is icondesk loaded? If so, which version?

Posted by member 177490 on 2004-07-01 09:11:27 link

icondesk 0.66
yes, i have show known file extentions checked in explorer

what is recycling litestep?

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-07-01 09:19:03 link

in your popup, litestep>recycle

Actually you should have added

IcondeskDTopHideExtension False

my bad, sorry, forgot you had to prefix the group

Posted by member 108633 on 2004-07-01 09:20:20 link

Try

IconDeskDTopHideExtension False

"DTop", by default" is the name of the desktop group in that theme.

Posted by member 177490 on 2004-07-01 09:25:52 link

Thanks a lot! it works. i added the IconDeskDTop prefix, and now it works. thank you again :-) :-)