Drive info icons on desktop?
How to do it?
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 by Bebi Bulma | Discussion: Beginners
I've seen this on a few screenshots and I would like to do the same on my desktop, but I have no clue how. 
Could someone explain the steps in an easy to understand fashion on how I could achieve the same thing? I heard someone say it was using DesktopX, I have version 2.x something. TIA. 
Could someone explain the steps in an easy to understand fashion on how I could achieve the same thing? I heard someone say it was using DesktopX, I have version 2.x something. TIA. 
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Double Zero
Reply #2 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:06 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:06 PM
Bebi Bulma
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:30 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:30 PM
Well, I downloaded it and installed it but have no idea what it is or what to do with it, doh (looks like a Mac thing? I'm running XP Pro). 
Would still appreciate it if someone could give me a step-by-step guide on how to get the icons working like in the screenshot.
Thanks for the link Zero.
Would still appreciate it if someone could give me a step-by-step guide on how to get the icons working like in the screenshot.
Thanks for the link Zero.
Double Zero
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:06 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:06 PM
Your welcome Bebi, I cannot help you with the "How Too's" I havent used the program..I am just forever reading the threads here and remember that one..::laughs::
Heres a link to the original thread..perhaps Boss can help you get it organized? anyway..good luck Link
Zero.
Heres a link to the original thread..perhaps Boss can help you get it organized? anyway..good luck Link
Zero.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:19 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:19 PM
I've posted there too. 
Hopefully he'll see it an lend a helping hand.
Thanks for your help.
Hopefully he'll see it an lend a helping hand.Thanks for your help.
Double Zero
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:33 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:33 PM
Not a prob..after all, you *were the one that showed me how to do that cool yellow backround trick!!..LoL!
Umm..another thought is you can always Email him also..he has his Email posted in his profile [email protected]
Tho the tutorial might be great to have on the boards here since it does look like a very cool feature to have!
Zero.
Umm..another thought is you can always Email him also..he has his Email posted in his profile [email protected]
Tho the tutorial might be great to have on the boards here since it does look like a very cool feature to have!
Zero.
BlueDev
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:04 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:04 PM
Hopefully this will help.
Run AveDesk. Right click on the system tray icon, select Desklet Control Panel. That will open up a panel with menus on the top. Select Desklets>Add. Select PidlShortcut from the list and hit Add. This will give you an ugly icon for the C drive on your desktop. In the Desklet Control Panel select that shortcut and go to Properites. This opens up the desklet dialog. There you need to play. Just mess around with the options to see what they do. That is the best way to learn. That dialog is pretty explanatory. You can do the same thing and make shortcuts for whatever drives/folders you have.
Have fun and experiment.
Run AveDesk. Right click on the system tray icon, select Desklet Control Panel. That will open up a panel with menus on the top. Select Desklets>Add. Select PidlShortcut from the list and hit Add. This will give you an ugly icon for the C drive on your desktop. In the Desklet Control Panel select that shortcut and go to Properites. This opens up the desklet dialog. There you need to play. Just mess around with the options to see what they do. That is the best way to learn. That dialog is pretty explanatory. You can do the same thing and make shortcuts for whatever drives/folders you have.
Have fun and experiment.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:37 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:37 PM
Well, I tried it but nothing is showing up on my desktop. 
I can't seem to figure out how to choose the icon I want either, I'm using the AlienMorph icons and want it to use the right image for the hard drive, recycle bin, and etc.
I can't seem to figure out how to choose the icon I want either, I'm using the AlienMorph icons and want it to use the right image for the hard drive, recycle bin, and etc.
BlueDev
Reply #9 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:25 AM
Reply #9 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:25 AM
Hmm, can't figure out why there isn't anything on your desktop. Choosing the icon is a piece of cake (once you know how, of course). Once you have the desklet on your desktop you need to bring up the properties. There will be a button that says "Set Image". Click that and select the image you want. Alternatively you can click the tab that says Icon in the desklet properties box and there will be a button that says Use Custom Image and a box below that. Select that button and drag the image file you want to that box. Hit apply and you are set.
If nothing is showing up on your desktop you need to figure out if the desklet is even running. Open the Desklet control panel and see if PidlShortcut is running. If it is, right click on it there and open the Desklet Properties dialog. Other than that, I don't have any more info to go on.
If nothing is showing up on your desktop you need to figure out if the desklet is even running. Open the Desklet control panel and see if PidlShortcut is running. If it is, right click on it there and open the Desklet Properties dialog. Other than that, I don't have any more info to go on.
mormegil
Reply #10 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:39 AM
Reply #10 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:39 AM
If you have desktopX you can do this very simply, here is a sample https://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=34
BlueDev
Reply #11 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:59 AM
Reply #11 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:59 AM
I have tried to do this a lot in Desktop X (not since version 3 though) and it just never seems to come out as easy, customizable in terms of what it displays and the format of the display, and nice as AveDesk. ExodusCrow's folder info widget rocks, but you really can't make one of those things point to your main hard drive (I tried, takes forever to update the info - don't want that happening at random intervals throughout the day).
The shortcut/drive and folder info thing is, for me, the only area AveDesk really is a lot better than Desktop X. I would love to see a shortcut widget developed for Desktop X that is as easily customizable as PidlShortcut for AveDesk. But alas, I wouldn't have a clue where to start.
The shortcut/drive and folder info thing is, for me, the only area AveDesk really is a lot better than Desktop X. I would love to see a shortcut widget developed for Desktop X that is as easily customizable as PidlShortcut for AveDesk. But alas, I wouldn't have a clue where to start.
MasterSchwag
Reply #12 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:08 AM
Reply #12 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:08 AM
Ms. Bebi Bulma............If u hare still having trouble using avedesk 1.2, I believe I can help!
It took me a wile to figure it out, seeing as how there where no instrctions on "how to use avedesk"!
Make sure, after u open the control panel, and add a desklet, that it is located where u can see it
U will see the names of the desklets you have added in the desklets control panel! Right click the
desklet (in the desklets control panel) you want to change the icon too, and goto properties!
from there you can choose the icons, position of icon, icon size, and tons more! Not sure
if i could help!
It took me a wile to figure it out, seeing as how there where no instrctions on "how to use avedesk"!
Make sure, after u open the control panel, and add a desklet, that it is located where u can see it
U will see the names of the desklets you have added in the desklets control panel! Right click the
desklet (in the desklets control panel) you want to change the icon too, and goto properties!
from there you can choose the icons, position of icon, icon size, and tons more!
Not sureif i could help!
Bebi Bulma
Reply #13 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:49 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:49 PM
Yes they are showing in the control panel but I really have no idea why they aren't showing up on my desktop. And about the setting the icon, if I right click on a icon on my quick launch, I'm given the open to choose from all the icons in the .icl file, but with avedesk it will only let me choose an ico or png, and I'm not sure how to get to each individual icon in the icon packager pack. I assume having "use system icons" checked in the Icon tab of the pidlshortcut desklet properties will use the right icon from the package? Of course that won't do me much good if nothing shows up at all.
EDIT: GAH I think I figured out the problem. I'm using IconX for my desktop icons, and when I clicked on the "show desktop" quicklaunch the normal desktop icons disappeared and the avedesk ones showed up, is there anyway I can have both?
Almost got the images thing straightened out...except for when just using a shortcut to a regular folder, it's using the plain folder image instead of the folder image from the alienmorph icon set. It also seems to be using an ugly icon image for my c drive everytime I change the properties on it instead of using the image I had set for it.
I assume having "use system icons" checked in the Icon tab of the pidlshortcut desklet properties will use the right icon from the package? Of course that won't do me much good if nothing shows up at all. 
EDIT: GAH I think I figured out the problem. I'm using IconX for my desktop icons, and when I clicked on the "show desktop" quicklaunch the normal desktop icons disappeared and the avedesk ones showed up, is there anyway I can have both?
Almost got the images thing straightened out...except for when just using a shortcut to a regular folder, it's using the plain folder image instead of the folder image from the alienmorph icon set. It also seems to be using an ugly icon image for my c drive everytime I change the properties on it instead of using the image I had set for it.
Bebi Bulma
Reply #14 Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:20 AM
Reply #14 Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:20 AM
I thought I'd just update this because I was getting messy editing my other post while figuring the whole thing out.
I pretty much got the whole thing working, screenie here: http://bebi.banterboard.com/march-dark.gif Even got the ftp desklet working...that is one super cool feature!
Remaining problems:
1. Is it possible to have IconX enabled and running along with AveDesk without one or the other ceasing to show up/function? At this point I can only have one or the other (iconx enabled - avedesk won't show up, iconx disabled - avedesk works).
2. Still have the issue about not being able to choose a single image from the alienmorph icon package (or any other theme I guess). Single ico/png files work fine, but a bundled set is a no-go.
Just wanted to say thanks again to those of you who got me pointed in the right direction, avedesk is cool.
I pretty much got the whole thing working, screenie here: http://bebi.banterboard.com/march-dark.gif Even got the ftp desklet working...that is one super cool feature!
Remaining problems:
1. Is it possible to have IconX enabled and running along with AveDesk without one or the other ceasing to show up/function? At this point I can only have one or the other (iconx enabled - avedesk won't show up, iconx disabled - avedesk works).
2. Still have the issue about not being able to choose a single image from the alienmorph icon package (or any other theme I guess). Single ico/png files work fine, but a bundled set is a no-go.
Just wanted to say thanks again to those of you who got me pointed in the right direction, avedesk is cool.
Oo_NUKLEAR_oO
Reply #15 Friday, March 25, 2005 11:10 AM
Reply #15 Friday, March 25, 2005 11:10 AM
that's pretty cool.. but how did you get the sublabel working?... i cant figure it out, maybe you can help me out
Red33mer
Reply #16 Friday, March 25, 2005 11:14 AM
Reply #16 Friday, March 25, 2005 11:14 AM
I have a few Questions about Avedesk:
1. When I put a PIDLSHORTCUT onto my desktop and Go to Properties/Shortcut, and write in the Line START IN "C:\" the desklet should nrmaly open a window of the harddrive "C", right? I´ve done that, and when I click onto the Desklet of harddrive "C" I dont get to "C",I get to "My Computer"! What was my mistake?
2. How can I activate then informations underthe desklets like how much space is left on the harddrve?
3: How does this speeking bubble thing work (this text to spech thing)?
Hope u could understand me (I´m german) Thank god for translatio tools at google
1. When I put a PIDLSHORTCUT onto my desktop and Go to Properties/Shortcut, and write in the Line START IN "C:\" the desklet should nrmaly open a window of the harddrive "C", right? I´ve done that, and when I click onto the Desklet of harddrive "C" I dont get to "C",I get to "My Computer"!
What was my mistake?2. How can I activate then informations underthe desklets like how much space is left on the harddrve?
3: How does this speeking bubble thing work (this text to spech thing)?
Hope u could understand me (I´m german) Thank god for translatio tools at google
BlueDev
Reply #17 Friday, March 25, 2005 11:21 AM
Reply #17 Friday, March 25, 2005 11:21 AM
Don't really know on the first and third, but as for configuring the info, go to the tab labeled Label Info. In there are the instructions as to what variables mean what. Play around and see what they all do.
Red33mer
Reply #18 Friday, March 25, 2005 1:51 PM
Reply #18 Friday, March 25, 2005 1:51 PM
figuered out how it works, but someone please tell me how to make the shortcuts going to the right place, like I explained in my last post 
Bebi Bulma
Reply #20 Friday, March 25, 2005 2:25 PM
Reply #20 Friday, March 25, 2005 2:25 PM
Red33mer...I had that problem too, it wasn't going to my c drive...my problem was I had the slash backwards. 
Should be C:\ which works for me.
For my C Drive I'm using this in the label format: %f free - %t total %# %s used (%pU %%)
For my Anime and Mp3's shortcuts:%s %r - %f %r files
Does anyone have any solutions for the 2 problems I mentioned?
Should be C:\ which works for me.For my C Drive I'm using this in the label format: %f free - %t total %# %s used (%pU %%)
For my Anime and Mp3's shortcuts:%s %r - %f %r files
Does anyone have any solutions for the 2 problems I mentioned?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:51 PM
I'll see if I can find it..
Zero.