Re: Can I display the full shortcut names on my desktop? by LVTravel
LVTravel
Thu Jan 31 17:09:40 PST 2008
I am surprised that when you enlarged the vertical and horizontal space it
didn't occupy the additional space. Do these names happen to not have a
space in them every so often?
"now_i_can_see_it_and_now_you_cant" would be displayed on one line while not
being highlighted but all lines if you highlight it. To enable seeing all
on multiple lines, enlarge the space and then make sure you have a space
every so often like "now_i_can see_it and_now you_cant" should display on 4
lines if the vertical spacing is at least 60 IIRC.
"Kiwi J9" <KiwiJ9@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9640A8D7-F34B-4A16-84B7-FE152E175EAB@microsoft.com...
> Hi LVTravel
>
> Yes, I can see the full names if I single click on the shortcut, but I'm
> just lazy and want to be able to see the full name without having to click
> first!
>
> Thanks for your time
>
> J9 :)
>
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>
>> You shouldn't have to put up with it. On all my systems, I can create a
>> name for a shortcut as long as permitted in the OS which is a lot longer
>> than 18 characters but without it being highlighted by a single click I
>> can't see more than 10 characters on one line..
>>
>> If you single click on the name of the icon on the desktop does it then
>> show
>> the full name? If not do you perhaps have a special character in the
>> name
>> (If yes to this, rename without any special characters and see if this
>> fixes
>> the issue)? If the answer is no to both of these, I haven't got the
>> slightest idea what is happening and hopefully someone else will chime in
>> and help.
>>
>>
>> "Kiwi J9" <KiwiJ9@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:88415B03-1AA8-4334-82FC-67C87094A21E@microsoft.com...
>> > This did space the icons out more, but the shortcut names were still
>> > only
>> > showing 18 characters. I changed both vertical and horizontal to 100,
>> > so
>> > there was plenty of space for the names to appear.
>> >
>> > Thank you for your suggestion - do you have any other ideas? It may
>> > just
>> > be
>> > something I have to put up with.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > J9
>> >
>> > "LVTravel" wrote:
>> >
>> >> This is a function of the number in the size of Icon Spacing showing
>> >> in
>> >> Display Properties, Appearance, Advanced button, Item: scroll down the
>> >> dropdown list to Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and change it to a larger
>> >> number
>> >> than the default (43) then change the Icon Spacing (Vertical) to a
>> >> larger
>> >> number also. OK out and you will have more "room" to have a larger
>> >> identification for the icons. You may have to move Icons around on
>> >> the
>> >> desktop since you have now given each of them more real-estate on the
>> >> desktop.
>> >>
>> >> Let us know if this is what you wanted to do.
>> >>
>> >> "Kiwi J9" <KiwiJ9@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:46AD8468-2221-4B72-8582-1C5194E2835C@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi there
>> >> >
>> >> > I want to show the full names that I have given to my shortcuts on
>> >> > Windows
>> >> > XP desktop. At the moment they are cutting off at 18 characters.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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