W10 issue...

I would like to use the multiple desktops feature, but have a question.

I want one desktop to not show the icons, but the other one to show the desktop icons. Is this possible?

Reason for this is that I do powerpoint presentations and when the screen is broadcasting to the projector, I would like to be able to minimize PPT to get to other things without the entire room seeing the desktop icons, etc.

 

Choose to extend the display instead of duplicate it. There shouldn't be any icons on the 2nd screen then you can have something else open on your laptops main screen that they wont see on the projector.

 

I see that as a workaround, but I am looking for the ability to have two separate desktops with different icons.

 

Translation: porn icons vs non-porn icons

 

No...

 

Is it accessed by a Mac? Just wondering if THAT will bring any issues.

 

That's how it's been done since as far back as I've been messing with dual monitors (though the made it easier to enable in W7). You're making it unnecessarily complex, by default there's no icons on the 2nd monitor so put your powerpoint there and they won't see anything else (you can disable the 2nd taskbar too if you want). I've not played with Windows 10 on dual monitors and multiple desktops but maybe I don't understand what you want and why the normal multi monitor setup won't meet that need.

 

Whats so hard to understand about his request.

He has 2 desktops. Desktop A and Desktop B.

Instead of switching back and forth between the 2. He wants desktop A on monitor 1 and desktop b on monitor 2.

I think he basically wants the dual screen setup to act like 2 separate computers.

????

 

Because I am often facing AWAY from the presentation screen and need to see the projected presentation also on the laptop screen. What I don't want is to have the entire audience see my desktop icons and folders if I need to minimize the presentation while projecting.

I want true multi desktop capability. I want to be able to assign a FEW icons/shortcuts that I need for a presentation on desktop #2 so if I minimize the PowerPoint that is all the audience sees. When I am done and back at the office, I want to switch back to desktop #1 with all my regular folders/shortcuts/icons on the desktop.

 

Ok gotcha. IDK like I said I haven't played with multi-monitors and 10. I'm in OS X right now and I don't see that capability.

Remember the desktop is an actual folder under the User account so to do what you want it'd have to make a desktop 2,3,4,etc folder to store just the icons you want for each desktop. OS X works the same way.

Isn't there a show desktop icons option that you can enable or disable some where? Maybe you can turn that off for each desktop but I don't think you'll get that granular ability you're asking for.

There'd have to be a place you could go where you could choose which icons appeared on which desktop but the limit to the number of virtual desktops you can have is very high, this guy says his laptop gave up after creating 717 virtual desktops. Imagine granular control of which icons appeared on 717 desktops. Let's see....I want this icon on desktop 23, but not desktop 486.

How many maximum number of Desktops can be created in Windows 10 - Super User

 

Interesting. Maybe I missed it. Not a big piece of what I do at work.

 

I may not have completely understood what you're trying to accomplish but
you should check out this freeware app called "DesktopOK". It lets you
'snapshot' multiple desktop configurations, and be able to restore any one
of them at any time. (It also does some other cool things) So you can have
a snapshot called "private" with all your apps and files strewn about and
another called "presentation" with only 1 or 2 things on the desktop.

DesktopOK 4.18 Save and restore the desktop icon positions.

 

^^^^Fixed

 

Awesome thanks! I will take a look.

 

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What a stupid article for so many reasons.

 

desktop -> right-click -> view -> uncheck show desktop icons

when you're done repeat the process

 

Daniel, you are missing the point completely.

I WANT to have a FEW icons that relate to the presentation showing, but not have all my normal day to day icons there. I want two (or ten) "icon profiles" that I can switch between. Having multiple desktops would solve this if the desktops were able to hold/show different icon sets.

 

Pin the ones you want to your taskbar. Hide everything else

 

Big update today.
Windows 10's first major update is now available | The Verge

 

^The previously expected Edge extension support is not in it. They said it won't be coming until H2 2016...

 

I decided to try to upgrade one of my Windows 10 virtual machines. Windows update download the update but installation repeatedly failed.

So I went here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10
and downloaded the Windows 10 installer. That actually worked.

After that was done I then ran disk cleanup as there were gigabytes of extra installation crap laying around that it got rid of. I then shrunk the VMDK file and was good to go. I still love how much less disk space win 10 needs compared to 7.

I did run into one other thing which was the shared folder feature in where the virtual machine can access a folder on the host wasn't working right. I fixed that by uninstalling vmware tools, reboot, installing vmware tools, reboot.

 

Welp, the update allows local profile use without crippling the OS. Nice.

 

My 70 year old mom just got her first laptop and it was my first time working with 10. Jesus that was easy. Did it while on the phone with Comcast installing her own modem/router. Tablet mode with the virtual keyboard is pretty cool.

 

^Nice!

Glad it was easy...

10 minutes to set up the computer.
45 minutes to explain the difference between left click and right click.
3 hours to prove you can type a web address directly into the address bar instead of a google search box EVERY.DAMN.TIME.

 

It's easier for me to tell her: touch the Bing search box, type what you want to find, tap the result. I'd show her Cortana but then she had to set up a Hotmail account no thanks.

Later on I have to show her how to pay the bills and she wants a Facebook. I can already see my aunt writing on her wall "OYE YOU DON'T PICK UP THE PHONE. CALL MEE!!!!!11!!!!11

 

Been using Windows 7 for years now. I have that free upgrade that keeps popping up on my computer.

How easy is it converting to 10. I think it just installs it for you. But user-friendly wise? Easy like 7 or takes some getting used to?

And I assume all installed programs remain intact..

 

7 to 10. You learn in 8 that the Windows button is more prevalent but not as much in 10. It opens up your apps and stuff on top of the desktop.

 

Well, that big Windows 10 update got pushed onto my Toshiba laptop and wiped all my work files.

I didn't think beforehand to back up my current work files, which were in a "windows.old/users/" subdirectory.

The laptop updated, wiped out a bunch of my settings and all my work files, which were located in a windows.old/users subdirectory (following updating after purchase of the laptop).

I searched for the files (not found), restarted the laptop, etc., but have not found those directories or files. I did back up everything on an external drive at the start of the month, and most of the work files are duplicated at the office, but I had some working files that I'd like to recover.

Anyone have any clues on locating or recovering the files wiped out by the update?

 

Ouch.

Send me the drive. If they are still there, I can get them for you. If not, I will send it back. I might add some BBW pron.

If you are so inclined, you could try to use PhotoRec to recover them.

Are we talking Word/Excel/PPT, PDF files?

 

 

Updating my Toshiba laptop as I type.

Let's see what happens

 

Hey, I'm not Whiskers!

Thanks for the offer, though.

I don't think PhotoRec will work-- I downloaded my backup directories and files into a new directory onto the same partition/drive as the lost files.

I only have to recreate one document thus far, but would have much preferred to have recovered the draft that got wiped.

The directories contained Word, Excel, .PDF, .EML, .JPEG, .TIFF and .RTF files, and probably a couple more types.

 

It's worth throwing PhotoRec at it as long as you have a USB drive to write the results to.



Offer stands, though. Minus the BBW.

 

PhotoRec's description indicated that it might not work if new directories or files were added to the partition.
Since you think it's worth a try, I downloaded and started it earlier this pm-- another 5.5 hours to run. My iTunes and music folders/directories were also deleted by the Win 10 auto-update yesterday, too. I think there were about 20 GB of data that were lost.

Thanks for the suggestion, and the offer.

 

The reason for photorec saying you will be less likely to recover is that it, like nearly all other commercial recovery software, looks on your disk for file remnants in unallocated space (not used space). The more you have added to the disk after deletion, the less unallocated space there is to hold your deleted data, and thus the lower chance of recovering everything. If you only get back 80% that's still 80% more than you have now... I always think it's worth a shot.

 

FYI you're not supposed to keep data in the Windows.old permanently. That's just a courtesy MS gives you when you install Windows on an NTFS partition that already has Windows installed. If you had installed on an NTFS drive w/o Windows on it already it would've just deleted it.

 

Not sure if a W10 issue or router/modem or ISP or even home wiring. My mom's network keeps disconnecting. Called Comcast and I had to unplug coax cable from the modem/router (2 in 1) for 10 secs and then unplug power for 10 secs. Network connected but 5 mins later it disconnects again. This time without Comcast, I fix it myself using same method. 5 mins later it disconnects again and I said fuck it since it was late. While disconnected the router wasn't showing on my phone, her phone, nor the laptop. The upstream light would be blinking. This is the modem/router

Zoom N300 Wireless Router with DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem Black 5354 - Best Buy

FYI she has standard definition cable only so I figure if it was the wiring, it's not entirely useless as it can handle the lower bandwith data needed for SD cable programming.

 

Call Comcast and have them run a "line test" to the modem...

When you say "connect", I assume you mean wireless? Did you try a cabled connection? Is the modem firmware up to date?

 

Connect meaning wireless. I did not try a cabled connection but that's a good idea. I could not update the FW as the connection would drop too quickly.