Can anyone tell me how to have an Icon on the desktop and not have a Name with it? I am running Xp Pro and would like to get rid of the lettering under each Icon if possible.
Andrew.
You can't use space, but character 160 will do. Start renaming the icon, then hold alt and type 160 on the keypad. If you want another unnamed icon, use two or more blanks to get "different" names.
I tried the "alt" then 160 on the numberpad but I get an "a" with an apostrophy above it. Maybe I am doing it wrong. It is amazing that you can't have icons with just the Icon itself. May I ask what all that under your answer means Nodsu?
Andrew.
You can't have icons without names because your icons on your desktop are just Windows shortcuts. And windows shortcuts are actually regular files. And every file has to have a name.
I have absolutely no idea what this genetics/biochemistry/cell biology mumbo jumbo is about. I just got it off Google when i searched for my nick.
This is a great trick; unfortunately it doesn't help in my case. No words appear under the icon, but the icon words have a colored background. When there are "no words" there is still a character's worth of background color. Make sense? Any thoughts on clearing that up?
Excellent! Hm...still have a problem though. It seems I can only use alt+0160 for a single icon. I tried using it multiplt times or in conjunction with spaces etc. but everything I try returns a message "specify a different file name". Seems This may be an impossibility!
Works fine for me.. I can create files with one 0160 and two 0160 characters in the name. You have to release the alt key after every number combination BTW.
I don't know all the details, but 'nodSU' is the name of a specific gene in a bacteria that 'infects' plants. The 'nod' stands for 'NODULE', which is just a lump of chemical 'stuff'. The SU is the specific type of gene. ((Kinda like Ferrari F40, or Ferrari Testarossa etc..))
The genes give 'signals' to the host plant (legume) and determine the variety of the specific kind of plant to some extent.
Hope that helps your computer run better...
Sorry for double posting....but that was a great tip on the 'alt' 0160 !!!