Vista - remote desktop moves desktop icons

04-20-2008

Is there a way to keep remote desktop from moving al of my desktop icons?
My laptop with Vista has a much smaller resolution than my desktop PC with
Vista. When I access my workstation from home, many of the icons are moved.

Is there any thing I can do to save the locations and restore them when I
return?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

04-20-2008

Unfortunately not - unless you turn off desktop auto arrange and then
manually arrange them so they look acceptable on either size desktop. This
is not new behaviour in Vista - XP and all the Windows Servers do the same.

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"ChuckN" <Chuck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Is there a way to keep remote desktop from moving al of my desktop icons?
> My laptop with Vista has a much smaller resolution than my desktop PC with
> Vista. When I access my workstation from home, many of the icons are
> moved.
>
> Is there any thing I can do to save the locations and restore them when I
> return?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>

04-20-2008

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Unfortunately not - unless you turn off desktop auto arrange and then
> manually arrange them so they look acceptable on either size desktop.
> This is not new behaviour in Vista - XP and all the Windows Servers do the
> same.

I've been using this for a few years, and it works perfectly, even with twin
monitors:

http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http...toprestore.htm

ss.

04-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
ChuckN n/a posts	remote desktop moves desktop icons Is there a way to keep remote desktop from moving al of my desktop icons? My laptop with Vista has a much smaller resolution than my desktop PC with Vista. When I access my workstation from home, many of the icons are moved. Is there any thing I can do to save the locations and restore them when I return? Any ideas would be appreciated.
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04-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper n/a posts	Re: remote desktop moves desktop icons Unfortunately not - unless you turn off desktop auto arrange and then manually arrange them so they look acceptable on either size desktop. This is not new behaviour in Vista - XP and all the Windows Servers do the same. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "ChuckN" <Chuck@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:esqgbOxoIHA.3860@xxxxxx Quote: > Is there a way to keep remote desktop from moving al of my desktop icons? > My laptop with Vista has a much smaller resolution than my desktop PC with > Vista. When I access my workstation from home, many of the icons are > moved. > > Is there any thing I can do to save the locations and restore them when I > return? > > Any ideas would be appreciated. >
My System Specs

04-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome n/a posts	Re: remote desktop moves desktop icons "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23GoG$M0oIHA.4904@xxxxxx Quote: > Unfortunately not - unless you turn off desktop auto arrange and then > manually arrange them so they look acceptable on either size desktop. > This is not new behaviour in Vista - XP and all the Windows Servers do the > same. I've been using this for a few years, and it works perfectly, even with twin monitors: http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http...toprestore.htm ss.
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