Array of icons on Desktop
 

Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

William Lurie wrote:
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

I use something called Desktop Resto

http://www.midiox.com/

Click on Desktop Restore.

--
JD..

Array of icons on Desktop
 

"William Lurie" wrote in message
...

Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Glen Ventura http://dts-l.net/ posted Nov. 27:

After you move the icon to the new position, press F5 to refresh the
desktop, and see if it fixes the issue on restart.

Array of icons on Desktop
 

Thanks, JD. I'll check it out.

JD wrote:
William Lurie wrote:
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

I use something called Desktop Resto

http://www.midiox.com/

Click on Desktop Restore.

Array of icons on Desktop
 

(Answer re-submitted from thread: "Desktop Icons" - alt.windowsxp.general)

This is quite a common question - and the answer is NO!

Windows (all versions but especially XP) has a habit of re-positioning
icons (i.e. forgetting your custom arrangement) at undetermined intervals.

The only way we have agreed upon to make any semi-permanent arrangement is
to re-name each desktop shortcut so that it either starts with a number or
number-letter combination so that when you select...

"right-click" Arrange Icons By Name

....on your desktop, the icons will be arranged in the order you want them
to be in.

Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's my best suggestion.

(Although, a google search may turn up some sort of third-party app)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

One response above gave a reference to a specific download which,
although free and enticing, I have so far found oompossible to implement.


Tim Meddick wrote:
(Answer re-submitted from thread: "Desktop Icons" - alt.windowsxp.general)

This is quite a common question - and the answer is NO!

Windows (all versions but especially XP) has a habit of re-positioning
icons (i.e. forgetting your custom arrangement) at undetermined intervals.

The only way we have agreed upon to make any semi-permanent arrangement is
to re-name each desktop shortcut so that it either starts with a number or
number-letter combination so that when you select...

"right-click" Arrange Icons By Name

...on your desktop, the icons will be arranged in the order you want them
to be in.

Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's my best suggestion.

(Although, a google search may turn up some sort of third-party app)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:28:45 -0500, William Lurie
wrote:

One response above gave a reference to a specific download which,
although free and enticing, I have so far found oompossible to implement.

I use DeskSave (freeware) from:-

http://www.desksave.de/

I find it quite easy to use.


--
----------------
Stubbo of Oz
----------------

Array of icons on Desktop
 

It's designed for users who have at least a basic low-level knowledge of
computers.

"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
One response above gave a reference to a specific download which, although
free and enticing, I have so far found oompossible to implement.


Tim Meddick wrote:
(Answer re-submitted from thread: "Desktop Icons" -
alt.windowsxp.general)

This is quite a common question - and the answer is NO!

Windows (all versions but especially XP) has a habit of re-positioning
icons (i.e. forgetting your custom arrangement) at undetermined
intervals.

The only way we have agreed upon to make any semi-permanent arrangement
is
to re-name each desktop shortcut so that it either starts with a number
or
number-letter combination so that when you select...

"right-click" Arrange Icons By Name

...on your desktop, the icons will be arranged in the order you want them
to be in.

Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's my best suggestion.

(Although, a google search may turn up some sort of third-party app)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:15:16 -0500, William Lurie wrote:

Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/winxptip.htm#DesktopSave

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Array of icons on Desktop
 

Stubbo of Oz wrote:
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:28:45 -0500, William Lurie
wrote:

One response above gave a reference to a specific download which,
although free and enticing, I have so far found oompossible to implement.

I use DeskSave (freeware) from:-

http://www.desksave.de/

I find it quite easy to use.


Thanks. I'll check that one out.

Array of icons on Desktop
 

Stan Brown wrote:
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:15:16 -0500, William Lurie wrote:
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/winxptip.htm#DesktopSave

Thanks, Stan. That sounds rather simple to implement.

Array of icons on Desktop
 

Hi there William!...

I will make a note of it and check it out later, when I have some time...

(This one, yes? http://www.midiox.com/)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
One response above gave a reference to a specific download which,
although free and enticing, I have so far found oompossible to implement.


Tim Meddick wrote:
(Answer re-submitted from thread: "Desktop Icons" -
alt.windowsxp.general)

This is quite a common question - and the answer is NO!

Windows (all versions but especially XP) has a habit of re-positioning
icons (i.e. forgetting your custom arrangement) at undetermined
intervals.

The only way we have agreed upon to make any semi-permanent arrangement
is
to re-name each desktop shortcut so that it either starts with a number
or
number-letter combination so that when you select...

"right-click" Arrange Icons By Name

...on your desktop, the icons will be arranged in the order you want
them
to be in.

Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear, but it's my best
suggestion.

(Although, a google search may turn up some sort of third-party app)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things
to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

I use Windows XP and my Desktop icons stay in their place.

My setting is,

Right click
Arrange icons
Align to grid.

I also have "Show Desktop icons"


--
Don
Vancouver, USA



"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

The right-click menu says;

"Arrange Icons By "
Name
Size
Type
Modified
Attributes
----------
Auto Arrange
Align to Grid

....and not;

"Right click
Arrange icons
Align to grid"

The main difference that I can see, being that you have to "Arrange Icons
By" something?! (e.g. Name, Size, etc.,)....

However, one tends to move icons about so that they do not conform to any
automatic criteria sorting.

It is when the icons have been placed in such a unique arrangement that the
problem arises when something like a crash jumbles all the icons up
forgetting your preferred placement of them.

There is no-known cure for this although some have had a go at making
suggestions like mine about re-naming all your icons preceding them with a
number - so if they become "unglued", you can "Arrange Icons By " Name to
get them back in order.

Then again some would say that the 3rd-party applications written for just
this purpose are the way to go....

Whatever - the desktop icons certainly do not stay put in 99.99999% of
reported cases and, if they did, people wouldn't feel the need to write
bloody applications to sort it out!

It may just be that your preferred arrangement of icons are coincidentally
arranged by "Name" anyway - in which case they wouldn't move, as that's the
default arrangement that they get put back to after a "mishap" !!

Or just maybe you are the 0.00001%...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Don Schmidt" Don red_1987 wrote in message
acquisition...
I use Windows XP and my Desktop icons stay in their place.

My setting is,

Right click
Arrange icons
Align to grid.

I also have "Show Desktop icons"


--
Don
Vancouver, USA



"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?

Array of icons on Desktop
 

Just right click desktop
Arrange Icons By
UnCheck
Auto Arrange
Align To Grid

Check
Lock web Items on Desttop
is all you have to do!

"William Lurie" wrote in message
...
Maybe this is trivia, but maybe I'm not alone in caring.
In going to LCD monitor, and changing resolution, I find that XP
rearranges my 25-odd icons and I have to put them all back.
Is there a way of saving a desktop as my Default and resetting things to
that Default when they go awry?