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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? |
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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.. |
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"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. |
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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. |
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(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? |
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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? |
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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 ---------------- |
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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? |
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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... |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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