Al Gruber asked why he appears to have two different desktops--the PC's default screen and a Windows Explorer location.
Only two? Your PC may have four or more locations called desktop, and it may itself be a desktop. Here are five meanings of that overused word:
The Top of the Drive/Folder Hierarchy: If you have XP or Vista, you'll find this "desktop" at the top of Windows Explorer's folder hierarchy, above My Documents and My Computer.
Your Private Desktop: This is an actual folder, probably located at C:\Documents and Settings\logon\Desktop if you're using XP or C:\Users\logon\Desktop in Vista or Windows 7 (replacing logon with your logon name, of course). It contains some of the files and shortcuts on the default screen--specifically, the ones visible to you but not to other users of the PC.
If the PC has other users who log on separately, each has their own private desktop folder.
The Public Desktop:
Your Physical Desktop: If you can't close your computer, stick it in a shoulder bag, and take it through airport security, it's probably a desktop.
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