Removable drive icon

[wharp]

Is there any way to have an icon put on my desktop when a device/drive "mounts" in windows 2000? Say for example, I plug in my usb keychain, it would automatically put an icon on the desktop for the device?

 

[rpearson]

I can click and drag "shortcuts" to the desktop for all my drives using XP.Not sure if that is do-able in 2000 though.

 

[wharp]

You can do that in 2000, but that will just create a shortcut. The shortcut will always be there. I want it to automatically show up when the drive is connected and not show up whent he drive isn't connected.

 

[TekTippy4U]

You want a Macintosh ...eh?


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[TekTippy4U]

seriously though....make sure you have all Windows Updates (the USB 2.0 spec wasn't even entirely done for XP's release), and usually a Systray Icon will show up for all removable drives.....does yours?

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[wharp]

Yes, I do want a Macintosh, but that's another subject.

I have all the windows updates, and it does put the removable drive icon in the system tray, but that doesn't allow me to access the drive. I guess I'll just have to use a static shortcut.

I really want it to be like the mac and show up when its plugged in and not show up when its not plugged in but I guess I'm just dreaming.

 

[TekTippy4U]

You seem to like a nice neat orderly Desktop....did you know that you can hide all Desktop Icons when "Viewed as a web Page"....?
OR
You can Right click the blank Taskbar area and select "New" >> Toolbar >> and Browse to the C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP or similar in 2K /XP and create an Expanding Desktop Folder by clicking on the (>>) that will appear with your mouse.....and this will have all your Desktop Icons..shortcuts and all

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[TekTippy4U]

It may be "Toolbars" >> "New Toolbar" when right clicking in Taskbar area

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[wharp]

Yeah, I always "try" to keep a nice orderly desktop. I say try because my desktop usually ends up being my "workspace" for things that I'm currently working on and as a result gets frequently cluttered.

I did know about both of the things you suggested. I still want to be able to view my icons. I have my "Quick Launch" toolbar partially hidden and put my shortcuts there instead of my desktop for the most part.

Trust me, if you can suggest it, chances are I know about it. I'm not trying to sound egotistical, but I do tech support for a living and I'm always customizing my desktop so I've tried everything. It just frustrates me that I can't do this one thing. It seems like I used to have a windows 95 machine that did this, but that could have been a bug!

Well, I can live with just creating a static shortcut if I must, although since it's a removable drive, windows may not always assign it the same drive letter. This wouldn't be an issue but I have a large number of mapped drives (work computer).

Thanks!

 

[TekTippy4U]

Ok wharp;
I never had to deal with the issue before, as for me it's a non-issue cause I just always Open my Explorer icon and I access any and all drives....but that's ok....everyone's tastes are diff.
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