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Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at the position?
Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc?
As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay put.

Thanks
--
fred

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In ,
fred typed:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at the
position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search),
(photoshops), etc?
As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over time,
Stay put.

Thanks

Right click on the desktop, choose Arrange Icons By and be sure that
Auto-Arrange and Align to Grid are un-ticked. They should stay put.


HTH,

Twayne

Icons locations
 

In ,
fred typed:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at the
position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search),
(photoshops), etc?
As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over time,
Stay put.

Thanks

Right click on the desktop, choose Arrange Icons By and be sure that
Auto-Arrange and Align to Grid are un-ticked. They should stay put.


HTH,

Twayne

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There's nothing in Windows XP that can guarantee that a given icon will
stay in one place forever. There may be third-party software that can do
this, however. A web search will let you know.

You can prevent Windows XP from aligning icons along a grid; right-click
on the desktop, select Align Icons By remove the check mark from Align
to Grid.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

fred wrote:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at the position?
Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc?
As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay put.

Thanks

Icons locations
 

There's nothing in Windows XP that can guarantee that a given icon will
stay in one place forever. There may be third-party software that can do
this, however. A web search will let you know.

You can prevent Windows XP from aligning icons along a grid; right-click
on the desktop, select Align Icons By remove the check mark from Align
to Grid.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

fred wrote:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at the position?
Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc?
As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay put.

Thanks

Icons locations
 

=?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= wrote
in :

Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it
stay at the position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups,
(games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc? As it is, the
icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay
put.

Thanks

This is one of the many joys of using MS software.
There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed
without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features.

www.iconsaver.com

The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site
if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of
one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows.

--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

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=?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= wrote
in :

Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it
stay at the position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups,
(games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc? As it is, the
icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay
put.

Thanks

This is one of the many joys of using MS software.
There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed
without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features.

www.iconsaver.com

The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site
if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of
one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows.

--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

Icons locations
 

In message , thanatoid
writes:
=?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= wrote
in :

Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it
stay at the position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups,
(games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc? As it is, the
icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay
put.

You can make folders on the desktop (e. g. "video", "audio", "text"),
and drag the shortcuts into them (nothing to stop you having the same
icon/shortcut in more than one of them, either); I _think_ you can even
change the icons for said folders. But of course where _those_ folders
remain on the desktop is subject to the same vagaries as all the others.
(Read on ...)

Thanks

This is one of the many joys of using MS software.
There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed
without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features.

www.iconsaver.com

The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site
if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of
one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows.

I think the oldest such utility is Melissa Nguyen's EZdesk (in theory
shareware, but the homepage is an AOL commons one, which was shut down
years ago, so you have to get it from a repository such as
http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). It has worked since at
least Windows 98. Another one is iconoid (google for it), which has some
other features too (which I don't use). EZdesk is fine, small, and
unobtrusive.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

"The first objective of any tyrant in Whitehall would be to make Parliament
utterly subservient to his will; and the next to overturn or diminish trial by
jury ..." Lord Devlin (http://www.holbornchambers.co.uk)

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In ,
Leonard Grey typed:
There's nothing in Windows XP that can guarantee that a given icon
will stay in one place forever. There may be third-party software
that can do this, however. A web search will let you know.

You can prevent Windows XP from aligning icons along a grid;
right-click on the desktop, select Align Icons By remove the check
mark from Align to Grid.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

fred wrote:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at
the position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search),
(photoshops), etc? As it is, the icons display in haphazard order &
never, over time,
Stay put. Thanks

Unticking auto-arrange and align icons to grid are two ways to come very
close. Unless you change some desktop property like resolution etc., they
will stay put.


HTH,

Twayne

Icons locations
 

In ,
Leonard Grey typed:
There's nothing in Windows XP that can guarantee that a given icon
will stay in one place forever. There may be third-party software
that can do this, however. A web search will let you know.

You can prevent Windows XP from aligning icons along a grid;
right-click on the desktop, select Align Icons By remove the check
mark from Align to Grid.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

fred wrote:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at
the position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search),
(photoshops), etc? As it is, the icons display in haphazard order &
never, over time,
Stay put. Thanks

Unticking auto-arrange and align icons to grid are two ways to come very
close. Unless you change some desktop property like resolution etc., they
will stay put.


HTH,

Twayne

Icons locations
 

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
:

In message ,
thanatoid writes:

This is one of the many joys of using MS software.
There are several utilities, only one does what it's
supposed without driving you crazy with bloat and
unnecessary features.

www.iconsaver.com

The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing
site if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to
get rid of one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list)
of Windows.

I think the oldest such utility is Melissa Nguyen's EZdesk
(in theory shareware, but the homepage is an AOL commons
one, which was shut down years ago, so you have to get it
from a repository such as
http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html).

Tried it, it sucks.

It has worked
since at least Windows 98. Another one is iconoid (google
for it), which has some other features too (which I don't
use).

Tried it. A program almost as ridiculous as its name.

EZdesk is fine, small, and unobtrusive.

If that's your opinion of EZDesk (you don't say anything about
how well it works - unless "fine" is that - which I disagree
with since IMO it does not work very well), then you would
consider iconsaver "magical" and "invisible".

A few years ago, after very hard searching, I have found and
tried 3 or 4 others along with the 2 you mention. They are all
bloated with useless crap and several don't even do what they're
supposed to.



--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

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In message , thanatoid
writes:
[]
http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html).

Tried it, it sucks.

Define "sucks".

It has worked
since at least Windows 98. Another one is iconoid (google
[]
Tried it. A program almost as ridiculous as its name.

EZdesk is fine, small, and unobtrusive.

If that's your opinion of EZDesk (you don't say anything about
how well it works - unless "fine" is that - which I disagree
with since IMO it does not work very well), then you would
consider iconsaver "magical" and "invisible".
[]
Ooh, who got out of bed the wrong side this morning? To do what the OP
wanted - i. e. keep desktop icons where they have been put - I'd say
both are fine; your iconsaver is probably another such. (I've just
looked at its homepage - the "main features" list sounds identical to
both of the above, though I'm not sure what you'd need hotkeys or an
icon position editor for.)

I've also found that the icons get shuffled unexpectedly a lot less in
XP than they did in '98 (even lite).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes

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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
:

In message ,
thanatoid writes:

SNIP

Ooh, who got out of bed the wrong side this morning?

My bed does not have a "right" side. They're all (all 4) wrong.
I should have never been born.

To do
what the OP wanted - i. e. keep desktop icons where they
have been put - I'd say both are fine; your iconsaver is
probably another such. (I've just looked at its homepage -
the "main features" list sounds identical to both of the
above, though I'm not sure what you'd need hotkeys or an
icon position editor for.)

You don't which is why I use the free version from 1998.
Still, these new features (WHY can't authors leave well enough
alone?) are nothing compared to the crap that comes with the
other programs we have been talking about.

I've also found that the icons get shuffled unexpectedly a
lot less in XP than they did in '98 (even lite).

True, still no reason to use that demented product if you can
avoid it.

If I EVER manage to clean up my drive, I am installing Linux.

Although after ****ing around with XP for a month or so and
asking a few questions here and there (before almost everyone
plonked me), I have made it manageable and almost bearable.
Still annoying, but not as annoying as the way it comes out of
the box, which is nothing but "BOB 2".


--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:42:41 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid
wrote:

http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html).

Tried it, it sucks.

Try icon_restore.exe

http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new...on_restore.exe

It presents a right-click menu option on My Computer and Recycle bin
shortcuts to save and restore the icons on the Desktop. Very good.


--

HTH
ClueLess

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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:42:41 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid
wrote:

http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html).

Tried it, it sucks.

Try icon_restore.exe

http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new...on_restore.exe

It presents a right-click menu option on My Computer and Recycle bin
shortcuts to save and restore the icons on the Desktop. Very good.


--

HTH
ClueLess