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Message 994074 - Posted: 4 May 2010, 22:28:18 UTC

Please help, folks.
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Message 994076 - Posted: 4 May 2010, 22:38:25 UTC - in response to Message 994074.  
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Navigate to C:\program Files\BOINC with Windows Explorer, do not maximize its window, but leave part of the desktop visible. Right-click on BOINC Manager (boincmgr.exe) and move it to your desktop, while holding the right mouse button down. Release the right mouse button when you're over the desktop and choose "make shortcut here".

Done.

Alternatively, go Start->Programs->BOINC, right click on the BOINC Manager link in there and while holding down the right mouse button, shift the mouse pointer to the desktop, let the right mouse button go and choose "copy to here" (or whatever the correct wording is in English).
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Message 994193 - Posted: 5 May 2010, 11:15:52 UTC - in response to Message 994074.  


If you also want to have icon for direct run of BOINC Screen Saver make a shortcut manually:

Under Windows folder search for:
boinc.scr
Right-click and "Send To > Desktop"

 


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