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Re: [xworkplace-user] Re: Re: Desktop scroll bars

At 17:17 15/05/04 +0200, Ulrich Möller wrote:
>On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 16:59, Alfredo Fernández Díaz wrote:
>> At 01:12 13/05/04 +0100, you wrote:
>> >I don't know why this thing is on the desktop in the first place. I
...
>> reliable location (in the sense of targetting a folder everyone has).
...
>Everyone has the "Nowhere" folder also. It even gets recreated by the
>WPS on startup if it can't find it. So using "Nowhere" is just as safe
>as the desktop, really.

Go and tell Peter Nielsen ;-)

Regards,
Alfredo.




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I remeber this being discussed quite a while ago, but can't access any of the older messages in this area, so I'm hoping someone can tell me how to cure...
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... Are you running two Xcenters or XCenter and WarpCenter? This can possible cause your problem. If so, you might try removing one and seeing if this solves...
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May 12, 2004
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... Do you also have PMView installed? Its invisible dragdrop object on the desktop sometimes causes this problem. Jeffrey R Smick ...
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May 12, 2004
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... Anything which is off or very close to top or bottom can cause it. I get it on some boots or desktop refreshes and not on others as I think the desktop...
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May 12, 2004
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... Download this http://www.norrsken-data-teknik.com/eCS/repairTools.zip Unzip, read the text file, and then if you want, run the "EnableComet.cmd David...
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May 12, 2004
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... Ok, thanks. I'll grab it next time I'm online. regards, paul. -- paulm@... Marwick Computer Services - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK OS/2, LAN...
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In article <E1BNybB-0007MN-00@...>, ... Yes, I do. How do I fix the dragdrop object? regards, paul. -- paulm@... Marwick...
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... on the ... Taken from the XTracker bug report: The cause: object positions in the Desktop stored as out of range values. BTW they're not saved in the .INI...
David Graser
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... Desktop ... This is overkill really. As you have XWP, it can be easier. Get EABrowse from Hobbes, install it and open it. Then restart the desktop but hold...
Paul Ratcliffe
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May 13, 2004
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I can see others have given their two cents worth. I think you'll find the PMView dragdrop object is the problem. Here is a REXX script you can use to make the...
Jeffrey Smick
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... it wasn't me... was it Dink? Sorry whoever you are ... Alfredo Fdez Díaz He was the one who first reported it the the XWorkplace Bug Tracker. ... Checked...
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... the PMView dragdrop object is the problem. Here is ... it you can move to a better place. Of course, ... I don't know why this thing is on the desktop in...
Paul Ratcliffe
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... I used Jeffrey's script to make the object visible, moved it to the center of my desktop, went into its properites and selected the "lock in place", and...
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** Reply to message from "David Graser" <dwgras@...> on Thu, 13 May 2004 01:56:14 -0000 Moving PMVDDrop to WP_NOWHERE solves the issue very nicely. The...
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In article <20040512203103.6781D1BB4DB@...>, ... Yeah, I've seen it sometimes as well. But this is persistent, which I've not encountered...
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... No, just XCenter. Problem only seems to appear when I start using XCenter, but I really don't like WarpCenter very much... And I don't think I could live...
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... Thaks David. Don't need it for this machine, but its gone into the tools collection for next time. paul -- paulm@... Marwick Computer Services -...
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In article <E1BO2ja-0003Eu-00@...>, ... Oddly, on this machine, which has been upgraded through several versions of XWP, as well as at...
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... PMView dragdrop object is the problem. Here is ... you can move to a better place. Of course, ... wasn't me... was it Dink? Sorry whoever you are ... Hi,...
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... Probably. I think the main reason to create the object there is to have a reliable location (in the sense of targetting a folder everyone has). But we can ...
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... Everyone has the "Nowhere" folder also. It even gets recreated by the WPS on startup if it can't find it. So using "Nowhere" is just as safe as the...
Ulrich Möller
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May 15, 2004
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... enough ... have a ... Been there already! There is a problem with putting the PMVDDrop object in WP_NOWHERE because the object isn't awakened automatically...
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... If the only purpose of that object is to load that WPS class, why does Peter not simply add the class name to OS2.INI, PM_Workplace:IplLoad ? That's what...
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... the ... support. ... I guess because he doesn't know about it. I will mention it to him....
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... Go and tell Peter Nielsen ;-) Regards, Alfredo....
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