Comments on: How To Reach Your Desktop Icons Without Minimizing Any Open Windows

By: Alexander Cherepnev (DESKonTOP author)

Alexander Cherepnev (DESKonTOP author) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:30:17 +0000

Windows Vista compatible version is released! Try 2.30!

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:33:00 +0000

@Christopher: When I tried it, my antivirus did not warn me of anything but that is quite a long time ago. If in doubt, don’t try it!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:30:19 +0000

Just to let you know, I downloaded and installed DESKonTop from the link above, and as soon as it was installed and tried to load ZoneAlarm’s inbuilt antivirus popped up and claimed there was a trojan (Trojan.Win32.Agent.sca) in the main file – I decided not to risk it and uninstalled it.

Using VirusTotal.com, I submitted the installer for a virus check – BitDefender shows “BehavesLike:Win32.ExplorerHijack”, Kaspersky, F-Secure and GData all show “Trojan.Win32.Agent.sca”.

Can you absolutely confirm the file is clean? I’ve also noticed the author’s own web site is offline and looks like it has been for some time… This is the kind of app I think I’d find useful, and while I’m fully aware of false positives, I don’t want to mash up my system by risking it when several virus scanners have reported nasties inside the main exe

By: Alexander Cherepnev (DESKonTOP author)

Alexander Cherepnev (DESKonTOP author) — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:09:23 +0000

About ‘desktop’ toolbar on taskbar.
Yes. Pressing on the button this toolbar will show menu with all icons from desktop.
But, fairly to tell, it is more convenient to me to work with a small copy of the desktop.
Well, even because icons there on a habitual place…

By: faizal

faizal — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:07:54 +0000

see the pics here:

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9199/desktoptj0.jpg

By: Alexander Cherepnev (DESKonTOP author)

Alexander Cherepnev (DESKonTOP author) — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:02:41 +0000

About compatibility with Vista: I did not test this program on Vista. She works on 2000 and XP, and in Vista (as I heard) the WinAPI is very different with XP, so most likely – not. 90% – not.

By: noris

noris — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:52:36 +0000

What faizal meant is enabling ‘desktop’ toolbar on taskbar, just like quick launch. By keeping it small (just the size of ‘desktop’ text), you’ll have start menu lookalike for all icons on desktop.

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:47:48 +0000

@Nirmal: Haven’t tried it yet cause I don’t have Vista installed. Works fine in XP though.

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:33:15 +0000

Indeed nice utility, I liked it. Does it support Vista?

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:59:36 +0000

@Alexander: I concur.