From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 11/22/2025 10:05 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2025/11/22 23:17:19, jaugustine@verizon.net wrote:   
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   >>     By golly, it worked!   
   >>   
   >>    I consider "This PC" ("My Computer")  a very important Icon.  Why   
   Microsoft   
   >> designed Win10 without it on the Desktop is way beyond my compression.   
   >>   
   >>      Again, Thank You, John   
   >>   
   >   
   > What does that icon do that Win+E doesn't? (I'm genuinely asking; I   
   > rarely use desktop icons, as they're usually obscured.)   
   >   
   > [I just minimised enough windows to be able to see whether I have a This   
   > PC icon on my desktop - I do; activating it _looks_ as if it does the   
   > same as Win+E, i. e. opens up Explorer at a high level - showing the   
   > (library?) Folders (6), Devices and drives (4 in my case), and Network   
   > locations (1 in my case).]   
   >   
      
   I use Disk Management for a steering wheel :-)   
      
   And if your screen is covered up, at least on W11 there is the "show desktop"   
   bar in the extreme lower-right corner. You have to be holding your mouse   
   pointer over it, to see it. Click it once, minimizes the desktop windows.   
   Click it again, un-minimizes them (but not necessarily in the same stacking   
   order).   
      
   Linux has seen a similar kind of change, in that disk partitions don't have   
   the same graphical exposure. And I've been using the Gnome-disks application   
   (a look-alike to Disk Management) for steering there.   
      
   I expect this is all part of a "smartphone play". The changes being made to   
   things, are not for user convenience, they're part of business plans.   
      
      Paul   
      
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