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any computer wizards out there?
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:43 pm
by rob.hardy1
i want to use a picture as an icon on a folder on my computer desktop. can anyone tell me how to do that?
this is the picture i am playing with.
By the way, blue skies to anyone who recogises the logo.
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:08 pm
by d_harris
Assuming you are using XP....
Right click on the folder you want and hit the customise tab. There is a button at the bottom that lets you select an icon.
You need to make sure that the picture is saved as a .ico
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:09 pm
by rob.hardy1
i am not sure how to save the picture in that format. and yes i'm running on xp
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:14 pm
by d_harris
PM me you email address and I will do it for you.
For future reference, most decent graphics programs will do it
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:40 pm
by pskipper
pm with link to icon sent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:56 pm
by rob.hardy1
Thankyou to Dan and Phillip. My desktop is now looking as i want it to.
I knew i could rely on the collective knowledge of the mmoc.
rob
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:54 pm
by dp
Isn't that the Woodcraft Folk badge?
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:18 pm
by rob.hardy1
Yes it is. My experience is that you either have never heard of it or were in it. Are you one of the latter?
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:40 pm
by dp
Yes, long time ago. Funnily enough recently I was working with someone who helps out at a group and we got talking on the politics of its formation. Very interesting topic. I was also in the cubs at the time and remember the contrast in philosophy well.
If you're not already aware of it, you might like this site a lot:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:35 pm
by rob.hardy1
Its a great site. We have been doing more and more bushcraft on camps Biviis and the like. I have been a woodie leader for about 18 years . I have been to a meeting in London just today talking aboutr raising the profile of woodcraft folk. I think that i didnt get lots of people recognising the emblem just show how much work we need to do.
Ish Ash Osh
rob
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:04 am
by Pyoor_Kate
I was a member of Woodcraft Folk too, for years and years. I think it's excellent, although the name still makes me wince when I say it. If I didn't seem enough of a geek before I explain about it I really do afterwards
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:41 am
by Dru
Did you say 'wince'? -I used to help with the Elfin group in Portsmouth
...I remember we debated the lyrics of "Family of Man" and decided that the choice should be left to the individual, so the proponents of "it's the family of MAN..." would attempt to out-shout those who favoured "it's the family of PEOPLE..." ...this was not untypical. Happy days
Who
are these folk all dressed in green?