Desktop icons won't stay put!

[Guest vcandys49]

I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them. They stay that

way for weeks. All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become

scrambled and I can't find a thing! Is there some way to "lock" them until I

want to rearrange them again?

[Guest Bill P]

Re: Desktop icons won't stay put!

 

 

"vcandys49" <vcandys49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them. They stay that

> way for weeks. All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become

> scrambled and I can't find a thing! Is there some way to "lock" them

> until I

> want to rearrange them again?

 

Hi

I use Icon Restore. It's free and simple to use.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25934-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

Regards Bill

[Guest cavalier]

Re: Desktop icons won't stay put!

 

 

 

"Bill P" wrote:

>

> "vcandys49" <vcandys49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:0F222330-1BBF-4439-BB7D-3C6A989D580F@microsoft.com...

> >I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them. They stay that

> > way for weeks. All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become

> > scrambled and I can't find a thing! Is there some way to "lock" them

> > until I

> > want to rearrange them again?

>

> Hi

> I use Icon Restore. It's free and simple to use.

> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25934-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

> Regards Bill

>

>cavalier wrote,Right click on desktop >>select properties>>select desktop tab>>select web tab>>enable check box for locking desktop icons>>click OK's on way out

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Desktop icons won't stay put!

 

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:07:07 -0700, vcandys49

<vcandys49@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them. They stay that

> way for weeks. All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become

> scrambled and I can't find a thing! Is there some way to "lock" them until I

> want to rearrange them again?

 

 

There are a few third-party utilities (at least some are freeware)

that can do this for you, or maintain the configuration in a file that

it can easily restore for you if you want it back. I don't have much

experience with these, so I won't recommend one. Either wait for

someone else's recommendation, or find a few with Google and try them

yourself.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Desktop icons won't stay put!

 

On Oct 16, 11:07 am, vcandys49 <vcandy...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them.  They stay that

> way for weeks.  All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become

> scrambled and I can't find a thing!  Is there some way to "lock" them until I

> want to rearrange them again?

 

I use Iconoid.

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: Desktop icons won't stay put!

 

The date and time was 10/16/2008 3:07 AM, and on a whim, vcandys49

pounded out on the keyboard:

> I have arranged my desktop icons just the way I want them. They stay that

> way for weeks. All of a sudden when I turn on my computer they become

> scrambled and I can't find a thing! Is there some way to "lock" them until I

> want to rearrange them again?

 

I use the same files used in W2K, and it works fine in XP. Here is one

link where you can get the files needed. The DLL file you place into

the system32 folder and the REG file you right click on and Merge.

http://www.nthelp.com/50/save_desktop_layout.htm

 

Then all you have to do is right click on My Computer on the Desktop and

select, "Save Desktop Icon Layout". If you need to restore, use the one

below it.

 

--

Terry R.

 

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