How to put a shortcut on the desktop?

[brianh]

I have a Grub dual boot Puppy/XP setup on a 1GB Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop.
How do I copy a shortcut from the start menu to the desktop?
Thanks for any help.
Brian

[Puppus Dogfellow]

almost all of the programs are in /usr/share/applications.

go to that folder and drag the program of your choice to the desktop. right click to rename or change the icon.

also, instead of a handful of threads with the same title and different questions within, you should have the title reflect the question. it's more helpful to others with similar issues down the line and will probably get you results faster.

[brianh]

Thanks, I knew I could drag the program onto the desktop to create a link there, just wondered if there was also an easy way to copy the link the install puts in the start menu, which would avoid having to find the program itself.
Brian

[Puppus Dogfellow]

that is the easy way to do it. (takes me under five seconds from any folder to get there and drag a link. once there, bookmark it so you don't have to search for it.)

to get there the first time, click the home icon in rox, click the up arrow, click usr, then share, then applications. then click the green dot and create new bookmark.

next time it will take one click to get there and the alphabet's not too tricky.