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Old December 20th 13, 01:00 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Kirk Bubul[_2_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

On 11/1/13 I went from Windows 7 HP to Windows 8 Pro to Windows
8.1 Pro with Start8 in one afternoon. Under Windows 7 I had also
installed Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01) which allows me to
corral my desktop icons into logical groupings. I could drag my
icons into appropriate groupings and move icons within those
groupings. I could also rearrange icons that weren't grouped on
the desktop.

All was well.

Recently, however, when I try to move an icon around on the
desktop or into a group, as soon as I left-click and start to
drag the icon, a "no circle" - a circle with a diagonal bar in it
- appears and replaces the cursor and the icon won't move.

Any ideas how I can get my icons to move?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Old December 20th 13, 04:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

Kirk Bubul wrote:
On 11/1/13 I went from Windows 7 HP to Windows 8 Pro to Windows
8.1 Pro with Start8 in one afternoon. Under Windows 7 I had also
installed Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01) which allows me to
corral my desktop icons into logical groupings. I could drag my
icons into appropriate groupings and move icons within those
groupings. I could also rearrange icons that weren't grouped on
the desktop.

All was well.

Recently, however, when I try to move an icon around on the
desktop or into a group, as soon as I left-click and start to
drag the icon, a "no circle" - a circle with a diagonal bar in it
- appears and replaces the cursor and the icon won't move.

Any ideas how I can get my icons to move?

Thanks in advance for your help.


Is there a "lock/unlock" function ?

Paul
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Old December 20th 13, 04:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Hank[_7_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

On 20/12/2013 22:35, Paul wrote:
Kirk Bubul wrote:
On 11/1/13 I went from Windows 7 HP to Windows 8 Pro to Windows
8.1 Pro with Start8 in one afternoon. Under Windows 7 I had also
installed Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01) which allows me to
corral my desktop icons into logical groupings. I could drag my
icons into appropriate groupings and move icons within those
groupings. I could also rearrange icons that weren't grouped on
the desktop.

All was well.

Recently, however, when I try to move an icon around on the
desktop or into a group, as soon as I left-click and start to
drag the icon, a "no circle" - a circle with a diagonal bar in it
- appears and replaces the cursor and the icon won't move.

Any ideas how I can get my icons to move?


One way is to right-click on the icon, cut, then move to where you want
it to go, and Paste

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Old December 20th 13, 07:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

Kirk Bubul wrote:

Windows 8.1 Pro
Start8
Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01)

when I try to move an icon around on the desktop or into a group, as
soon as I left-click and start to drag the icon, a "no circle" - a
circle with a diagonal bar in it - appears and replaces the cursor
and the icon won't move.


http://www.bing.com/search?q=stardoc...20lock%20icons
https://www.google.com/search?q=star...0fences%20lock

found

http://www.ehow.com/how_12041254_loc...ck-fences.html
http://forumsbeta.stardock.com/438681

Paul already alluded to this function. At their FAQ site:

http://esupport.stardock.com/index.p...dex/115/fences

"lock" doesn't find anything. They do not provide an online copy of the
product's manual for non-users to review their product's features. You
are claiming their help or manual included with their product doesn't
tell you about the lock icon function mentioned in the ehow article?
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Old December 20th 13, 08:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Kirk Bubul[_2_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:37:43 +0700, Hank wrote:

On 20/12/2013 22:35, Paul wrote:
Kirk Bubul wrote:
On 11/1/13 I went from Windows 7 HP to Windows 8 Pro to Windows
8.1 Pro with Start8 in one afternoon. Under Windows 7 I had also
installed Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01) which allows me to
corral my desktop icons into logical groupings. I could drag my
icons into appropriate groupings and move icons within those
groupings. I could also rearrange icons that weren't grouped on
the desktop.

All was well.

Recently, however, when I try to move an icon around on the
desktop or into a group, as soon as I left-click and start to
drag the icon, a "no circle" - a circle with a diagonal bar in it
- appears and replaces the cursor and the icon won't move.

Any ideas how I can get my icons to move?


One way is to right-click on the icon, cut, then move to where you want
it to go, and Paste


The Cut and Paste works. Thanks for the tip.
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Old December 20th 13, 08:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Kirk Bubul[_2_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:42:23 -0600, "R. C. White"
wrote:

Hi, Kirk.

What is your setting for icons on your Desktop?

Right-click on the Desktop and look at its View context menu. Do you have
it set to Auto arrange icons?

RC


I was having other arcane problems with my icons, like suddenly
the icons that used to live on the lefthand border of my desktop
suddenly having moved to the middle of my screen, so I'd changed
the setting to Auto Arrange which caused them to move back to the
left border.

Right now, the only items checked on my Icon sorting is "none,"
but the icons still won't move. The "View" settings are Classic
Icons, Align icons to grid, and Show Desktop Icons.

Icons still no move without Cut and Paste.
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Old December 20th 13, 09:08 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Kirk Bubul[_2_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:48:29 -0600, VanguardLH
wrote:

Kirk Bubul wrote:

Windows 8.1 Pro
Start8
Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01)

when I try to move an icon around on the desktop or into a group, as
soon as I left-click and start to drag the icon, a "no circle" - a
circle with a diagonal bar in it - appears and replaces the cursor
and the icon won't move.


http://www.bing.com/search?q=stardoc...20lock%20icons
https://www.google.com/search?q=star...0fences%20lock

found

http://www.ehow.com/how_12041254_loc...ck-fences.html
http://forumsbeta.stardock.com/438681

Paul already alluded to this function. At their FAQ site:

http://esupport.stardock.com/index.p...dex/115/fences

"lock" doesn't find anything. They do not provide an online copy of the
product's manual for non-users to review their product's features. You
are claiming their help or manual included with their product doesn't
tell you about the lock icon function mentioned in the ehow article?


I have found the Lock Fences choice. It is unchecked. But my
icons still won't move. The URLs you provided mainly reference
the Lock Fences feature. My problem is that the fences are
locked while the Lock Fences item is unchecked. I tried locking
and unlocking them without positive result.

I have posted a query with Stardock.com Support hoping that they
would respond with a solution.
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Old December 20th 13, 09:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Kirk Bubul[_2_]
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Default Desktop Icons won't move

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:35:44 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Kirk Bubul wrote:
On 11/1/13 I went from Windows 7 HP to Windows 8 Pro to Windows
8.1 Pro with Start8 in one afternoon. Under Windows 7 I had also
installed Stardock.com's Fences (version 2.01) which allows me to
corral my desktop icons into logical groupings. I could drag my
icons into appropriate groupings and move icons within those
groupings. I could also rearrange icons that weren't grouped on
the desktop.

All was well.

Recently, however, when I try to move an icon around on the
desktop or into a group, as soon as I left-click and start to
drag the icon, a "no circle" - a circle with a diagonal bar in it
- appears and replaces the cursor and the icon won't move.

Any ideas how I can get my icons to move?

Thanks in advance for your help.


Is there a "lock/unlock" function ?

The lock function isn't checked. I've tried checking it, trying
to move icons, then unchecking it and trying to move icons. The
icons won't move in either the checked of the unchecked position.
 




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