I think the best (and cheapest) way, is to re-name your desktop icons, preceding each
name with a number - i.e. :

rename "My Computer" to "1 My Computer"
rename "My Documents" to "2 My Documents"
rename "CD Drive (D)" to "3 CD Drive (D)"
rename "Internet Explorer" to "4 Internet Explorer"
rename "Adobe Reader 9" to "5 Adobe Reader 9"

....so that the first icon on the screen corresponds to renaming it with a preceding
"1", the second with "2", etc.

Then, when they become "unstuck", as they so often do (hence all the apps to set
things straight), all you have to do is right-click on desktop Arrange Icons By
Name ...to get them back in the desired order!

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
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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.
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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