Win 7 won't do it, either.
I use UltraMon to span the taskbar across my 2 monitors.
It has a feature that saves/restores Desktop icons position..
A Google search indicates that there seem to be alternatives....
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/ http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/sa...p-icon-layout/ http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r219...Icon-Positions http://download.cnet.com/Icon-Restor...-10163499.html http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http...toprestore.htm
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"Bill" <frog@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is there anything out there that will permanently save my layout?
> I have tried two methods claimed to save/restore the desktop icon layout.
> One operates by right clicking 'computer' the other from the recycle bin.
> The trouble is that, notwithstanding a change to the registry, the layout
> still changes occasionally, usually when switching on the monitor, and the
> restore function only restores about 90% of the icons.
>
> This is annoying beyond belief, not to mention time consuming to rectify.
> I
> like and need a fairly densely populated desktop. Is there a foolproof
> solution to this? Will Windows 7 be any better, or is this one of the
> many
> simple functions still beyond the capabilities of Microsoft?
> regards,
> Bill
>