XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: notsaying@invalid.org   
      
   On Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:03:04 GMT, John Doe    
   wrote:   
      
   > Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
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   >> John Doe  wrote:   
   >>> Ken Blake wrote:   
   >>>> John Doe wrote:   
   >>>>> "Kerr-Mudd,John"  wrote:   
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   >>>>>> Thanks; I've finally added icons to my shutdown shortcuts.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Shortcuts are icons, plus a name.   
   >>>   
   >>>> A shortcut is a *pointer* to a file, folder, web page, etc. A   
   >>>> shortcut is represented (usually on the desktop) by an icon   
   >>>> with a name, but the icon and name are not the shortcut itself.   
   >>>   
   >>> The user added icons to "*pointers* to a file"?   
   >>   
   >> To be precise, he (John Kerr-Mudd) probably didn't *add* icons,   
   >> but *replaced* whatever icon there were with more appropriate ones   
   >> [1].   
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   > That's what I said, Doofus.   
   >   
   >> Anyway, if you're objecting to Ken's "*pointers* to a file",   
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   It's as 1st stated: they're actually 'lnk' files; containg a pointer to   
   an icon and an executable. Aren't we being precise?   
      
   > I didn't object to anything, Doofus.   
      
   Play nicely now, children.   
      
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   >> that's a more correct description of a shortcut than your   
   >> "Shortcuts are icons, plus a name.".   
   >   
   > Nonsense. It's like the difference between describing a house as   
   > "four walls and a roof", or "a place that shelters people". Or a car   
   > as "a box with four wheels", or "something that gets you from here   
   > to there". In this context (REPLYING TO THE POSTER, SEE ABOVE), my   
   > description is better.   
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