Is there a way to put "My Computer" above "Desktop" on WinExplorer?

[WoundedWallet]

Is just one of those little things that has annoyed me so much for so long.

So is there a way to change this and put the "Desktop" on its proper place(c:\...username\desktop), or should I go drink a coke and forget about it once and for all?

 

[WoundedWallet]

At least tell me to go to sleep....

 

[jaywallen]

I have felt since I first saw it that Windows brings out the latent interior decorator tendencies in all of us. And it is at its most frustrating when it at once entices us to customize our systems then refuses to let us rearrange some particular item without apparent reason.



Don't drink a Coke. It'll keep you awake.



I feel your pain.

Regards,
Jim

 

[jeans2nd]

Windows lists things hierarchically (or so they'd like you to believe). In Windows thinking, and this goes all the way back to Win 3.0 (yes there was a 3.0, the beta of 3.1 circa 1985), your Desktop is the main item on which all things reside, like the desktop which is physically your desk. My Computer is part of the Desktop, i.e. it "sits" on your desk, hence it is part of your desktop, and as such is listed below Desktop in the hierarchical order. So much for MS "logic".

 

[mariner]

hmmmmmm, then why use the Start button to stop?:Q

 

[WoundedWallet]

Thanks Mariner, after all this Windows non-sense I needed to hear something that made sense

But, here is my quasi-logic:

If I understand Windows and Bill Gates well, the reality is that on the file structure code(whatever that means) the "Desktop" is really underneath "My Computer", and they make us believe the opposite through shortcuts that are tied at the waist to the real files. I don't belive the opposite is true.

Thinking that way, there may be way to sever the relations between these siamese twins, without killing the whole village with it.

Having said that, I'll leave this thread alone. Unless of course someone comes up with a solution, tentative solution, wishes for a solution, or just breath around this thread.

Thanks guys.

 

[PowerJoe]

On the file-system level, you are correct. But Windows GUI has "shell namespace" that's supposed to put your desktop first, etc... I'm afraid it's built into Windows.

If you must know, the desktop is actually saved in &quot;\windows\desktop&quot; for Win9X, or C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop&quot; for Win2000. You can look there if it makes you sleep better or sth

-PJ