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   > Subject: Re: Shutdown or Restart Windows without bickering   
   > Date: 7 Apr 2020 15:38:16 GMT   
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   > Kerr-Mudd,John  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 06 Apr 2020 21:36:56 GMT, 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.   
   >> >   
   >> That was me;   
   >   
   >   Boggles the mind, doesn't it!?   
   >   
   >>            but you can have the last word, if it pleases you.   
   >   
      
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