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03-27-2009
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| | icon layout desktop 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 |
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03-27-2009
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| | Re: icon layout desktop "Bill" <frog@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uMgeWtqrJHA.3988@xxxxxx Quote: > 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 > but if you have tried more complicated methods I guess you will have tried the simple things first. I also turned the mouse drag sensitivity down a bit to avoid inadvertent nudges though I can no longer remember how. Tom |
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03-27-2009
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| | Re: icon layout desktop 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 -- Windows 7 beta http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview http://download.live.com/wlmail "Bill" <frog@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uMgeWtqrJHA.3988@xxxxxx Quote: > 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 > |
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