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   No, you freaking idiot, we are talking about the shortcut   
   as it appears on the screen, as an icon with a name.   
      
   This idiot thinks the subject is shortcut properties...   
      
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   > Subject: Re: Shutdown or Restart Windows without bickering   
   > Date: 6 Apr 2020 17:35:23 GMT   
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   > 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"?   
   >   
   >   To be precise, he (John Kerr-Mudd) probably didn't *add* icons, but   
   > *replaced* whatever icon there were with more appropriate ones [1].   
   >   
   >   Anyway, if you're objecting to Ken's "*pointers* to a file", that's a   
   > more correct description of a shortcut than your "Shortcuts are icons,   
   > plus a name.".   
   >   
   > [1] AFAIK, it's not possible to create a shortcut which does not have an   
   > icon associated with it. I.e. you can change the icon, but not add (or   
   > delete) it.   
   >   
      
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