Re: How to change names of some desktop symlinks?

[walters 159 osu edu]

I am having this exact same problem with renaming the links.  I tried editing the
file itself, and changing the Name= field, then doing a "Rescan Desktop".  No
effect.  Logging in and out doesn't change anything either.  I think the name

On Sun, May 30, 1999 at 03:46:53PM -0700, James Ramsey wrote:
> I have two symlinks on my desktop, one named "Floppy 0" and the other
> named "Disk 0". I tried changing their names by right-clicking on them,
> choosing Properties from the popup menu, and changing the "File Name"
> field to some other name. Didn't work. I tried right-clicking on the
> desktop and clicking on "Rescan Desktop". No change. I tried logging
> out of GNOME and logging in again. Still no change. Tried
> right-clicking the desktop and choosing "Recreate Desktop Shortcuts".
> That reversed the change and added symlinks to Slashdot and GNOME
> News--not what I wanted. Am I missing something here, or is this a bug
> or misfeature?

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