Source: Automatic Desktop Shortcuts With Desk Drive
Desk Drive is a free software program for Windows XP and Windows Vista that solves a problem for lazy users. Whenever you pop in a removable device you need to click on Windows Explorer and then on the drive icon to access it. Desk Drive on the other hand places a Windows shortcut right on the computer desktop after the device has been connected to the operating system saving the user the few clicks and some time.
The question here is obviously if this is enough to justify running yet another background program 24/7 on the computer system. This really depends on the user in question. If you regularly add and remove removable devices and media from a computer system - talking about multiple times a day at least - then you might want to consider using the software. If you only do it once a week the software program feels like an overkill.
The feature can be enabled for CD Rom drives, removable media, fixed drives, network drives and ram drives. The application will sit quietly in the Windows System Tray and spawn a desktop shortcut immediately after one of the selected devices has been connected to the computer system. It will also remove the shortcut again if the device is disconnected from the system.
Desk Drive requires the Microsoft .net Framework and uses up to 18 Megabytes of computer memory while running. That's a lot of memory and it should influence the decision whether to run Desk Drive or not heavily.
Desk Drive is a free software program for Windows XP and Windows Vista that solves a problem for lazy users. Whenever you pop in a removable device you need to click on Windows Explorer and then on the drive icon to access it. Desk Drive on the other hand places a Windows shortcut right on the computer desktop after the device has been connected to the operating system saving the user the few clicks and some time.
The question here is obviously if this is enough to justify running yet another background program 24/7 on the computer system. This really depends on the user in question. If you regularly add and remove removable devices and media from a computer system - talking about multiple times a day at least - then you might want to consider using the software. If you only do it once a week the software program feels like an overkill.
The feature can be enabled for CD Rom drives, removable media, fixed drives, network drives and ram drives. The application will sit quietly in the Windows System Tray and spawn a desktop shortcut immediately after one of the selected devices has been connected to the computer system. It will also remove the shortcut again if the device is disconnected from the system.
Desk Drive requires the Microsoft .net Framework and uses up to 18 Megabytes of computer memory while running. That's a lot of memory and it should influence the decision whether to run Desk Drive or not heavily.
