Comments on: Desktop Media: get automatic desktop shortcuts when you plug in your USB drive or other media

By: Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:26:42 +0000

Brilliant. About the only thing I ever thought was superior about Apple OS was this feature.
Why it hasn’t been a standard part of windows – who knows?

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By: someone

someone — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:20:54 +0000

Same problem.I just installed it in my fresh Windows XP format and doesn’t work.

By: xo

xo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:33:53 +0000

man, i love this progiz, but recenly after format my notebook i cant get it to work again, no more icon appear on desktop, even tough in option it detect the media (i see list in click to ignore)
please help

By: Hui Kent

Hui Kent — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:03:20 +0000

@ Ian Perez,

It works!

Thanks, Ian Perez. You helped me a lot!

By: Ian Perez

Ian Perez — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:56:19 +0000

@ Hui Kent:

You are probably getting this sort of message because my application reads/writes to the memory space of the explorer.exe process. It does this to save/load the desktop icon positions. If you disable this feature (Save Icon Positions), the warning should no longer appear.

By: abbas

abbas — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:23 +0000

i don’t know what is the problem but i can not download it. although i have tried several times from both links you have introduced but they dont work.
please check the link or make a new one

By: Hui Kent

Hui Kent — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:31:21 +0000

After I installed the Desktop Media, when I plug in the USB, the Threat Fire (antivirus) program states that it trying to take high risk action, which could bring system problem.

I chose not to take the risk and terminated the Desktop Media. Could it be fixed?

By: elzafir

elzafir — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:30:51 +0000

@tekno_boy
or Linux. But that’s not the point ain’t it?

Bravo Ian Perez for updating this program!
I think its on it’s way to perfection, once it hit version 2.0, my guess that it won’t need any more update.

I’ll give v1.7 a spin..

By: tekno_boy

tekno_boy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:08:07 +0000

Either that or get a MAC (I don’t have one, yet…)

Apple MAC’s have been automatically showing an icon for newly mounted media for years.

Still nice to know its also available on a PC

By: Ian Perez

Ian Perez — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:30:11 +0000

Hi all,

I have fixed the memory leak that Desktop Media 1.6 was causing in explorer when using the Save Icon Positions feature. Please go to the program’s page to download the latest version.

http://www.funding4cesar.com/desktopmedia

By: Ian Perez

Ian Perez — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:59:52 +0000

Hi all,

I think I have found an issue with the latest version of Desktop Media (1.6). I am seeing corruption of the explorer.exe process memory (which my app hooks into to save/load the icon positions). I would advise against using the Save Icon Positions feature until I have found a fix for it.

I apologize if this has caused any inconvenience.

By: Tom K

Tom K — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:42:34 +0000

Thanks a lot for updating this, Ian, the program is amazing now.

By: Ian Perez

Ian Perez — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:35:16 +0000

Hi Jarret,

It should work fine in Vista with a non-admin account, but the Save Icon Positions feature won’t work.

By: jarret

jarret — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:13:06 +0000

Does this work in Vista with standard account(limited account/non Administrator)

By: jarret

jarret — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:01 +0000

Currently user have to choose the startup setting during the installation. Can you add the startup setting in the options.