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   Message 41,815 of 42,547   
   Rene Lamontagne to John Doe   
   Re: Shutdown or Restart Windows without    
   06 Apr 20 17:06:13   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: rlamont@shaw.ca   
      
   On 2020-04-06 4:36 p.m., John Doe wrote:   
   > "Kerr-Mudd,John"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> John Doe  wrote:   
   >>>>> Ken Blake wrote:   
   >>>>>> John Doe wrote:   
   >>>>>>> "Kerr-Mudd,John"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>> 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"?   
   >   
   >> It's as 1st stated: they're actually 'lnk' files; containg a   
   >> pointer to an icon and an executable. Aren't we being precise?   
   >   
   > Nobody cares what they are. That has nothing to do with the statement   
   > I replied to "I've finally added icons to my shutdown shortcuts."   
   >   
   > The poster is not talking about pointers, he is talking about the item   
   > called a "shortcut" that is visible on his screen.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   And there are literally hundreds of beautiful Shutdown and Restart icons   
   on the net.   
      
   Rene   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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