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Old October 14th 15, 03:24 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?
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Old October 14th 15, 04:38 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

PeteCresswell wrote:

Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?


According to http://www.midiox.com/, Windows 7 is listed as supported.
Are you using the latest version (1.6.4.036)?

At Softpedia.com, a reviewer noted "If an Icon has the same name as the
beginning of ANOTHER icon name (i.e. "ABCD" vs "ABCD FILE") the program
sometimes misplaces one with another and randomly places the other. I
dont think the authors know about this."

The only one that I constantly remember is Stardock's Fences
(http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/). Never used a desktop layout
manager but others have noted it is very good. Some more info at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fences_%28software%29. It is not free but
then you did not mention any pricing criteria. Cost is $10. You can
get a trial version to check if it works how you want.

See: http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

For multiple monitors, I've read that you need to enable the "Store
fence sizes and positions on a per-screen-resolultion basis" setting.
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Old October 14th 15, 05:08 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

On 10/14/2015 9:24 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?


I don't have multiple monitors, but DesktopOK is supposed to work with
them and has been working well for me under Windows 7. I tried the
highly recommended ICU but gave up on it because it did exactly what you
pointed out. (For what it's worth, at the suggestion of someone in this
newsgroup, I checked the Desktop folder and found that the missing icons
were there; they "just" didn't show up on the Desktop, presumably having
been placed off-screen.)

Mention of multiple monitors with DesktopOK:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1692

Per DesktopOK website
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK
"DesktopOK does not have to be installed and can be executed easily from
the desktop, and can be carried on a small usb-stick or other memory
device. Start the program. The first time that you use it the program it
will present you with a license screen. The program is free and the
license info is only displayed the first time (per PC)."

DesktopOK download page
http://www.softwareok.com/?Download=DesktopOK

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Old October 14th 15, 07:18 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

On 10/14/2015 10:24 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?




Used for years, never a problem: Desktop OK
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK
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Old October 15th 15, 12:17 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

Per VanguardLH:

The only one that I constantly remember is Stardock's Fences
(http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/). Never used a desktop layout
manager but others have noted it is very good. Some more info at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fences_%28software%29. It is not free but
then you did not mention any pricing criteria. Cost is $10. You can
get a trial version to check if it works how you want.


I will give that one a try and report back after a few restores.

Thanks.
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Old October 16th 15, 01:28 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

Per (PeteCresswell):

I will give that one a try and report back after a few restores.


Nice product IMHO.

Funny thing, though: StarDock fails to tout the save/restore
functionality in their web pages. I looked.... and looked... but did
not find.

Said functionality seems to me exceptionally good.
I just had to take a leap of faith, buy the product, and then dig down
to discover it.

It's quick, it's reliable (so far, anyhow....), and all the desktop
snapshots are presented in thumbnail format so you can look before you
leap...

There also seems to be a lot of additional functionality that I can't
even comprehend much less use.

But ten bucks for a usable, reliable Desktop backup/restore utility is a
deal in and of itself.

Thanks for the recommendation.
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Old October 16th 15, 02:06 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Per (PeteCresswell):
Nice product IMHO.


One fly in the ointment - not a beeeeeg fly... but a significant one:
there is no way to turn AutoArrange off for a fence.

You can disable sorting.... but there's no way to make icons stay in the
position you drop them... the sequence is preserved, but they always
jamb up into a contiguous list.

Seems like a hot subject with some users over the past 5 years or so....
But StarDock is pretty hard-nosed about not implementing it.... they
sound committed to icons auto-arranging when a Fence is re-sized.

Not exactly a religious issue... but a significant irritant - almost as
much by being so obviously a flaw as anything else.

But, like I said, I bought a desktop Save/Restore tool... and, as
convenient as Fences might be, I can live without them and the
Save/Restore functionality justifies the ten bucks for me.
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Old October 17th 15, 01:19 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

On 2015-10-14 12:08, Jo-Anne wrote:

On 10/14/2015 9:24 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?


I don't have multiple monitors, but DesktopOK is supposed to work with
them and has been working well for me under Windows 7. I tried the
highly recommended ICU but gave up on it because it did exactly what you
pointed out. (For what it's worth, at the suggestion of someone in this
newsgroup, I checked the Desktop folder and found that the missing icons
were there; they "just" didn't show up on the Desktop, presumably having
been placed off-screen.)
[snip]


Hi Jo-Anne.

Does DesktopOK restore icon positions Automatically when the resolution
changes? It's not clear from their website :-(

Thanks.
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Old October 17th 15, 02:18 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

On 10/16/2015 7:19 PM, B00ze wrote:
On 2015-10-14 12:08, Jo-Anne wrote:

On 10/14/2015 9:24 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?


I don't have multiple monitors, but DesktopOK is supposed to work with
them and has been working well for me under Windows 7. I tried the
highly recommended ICU but gave up on it because it did exactly what you
pointed out. (For what it's worth, at the suggestion of someone in this
newsgroup, I checked the Desktop folder and found that the missing icons
were there; they "just" didn't show up on the Desktop, presumably having
been placed off-screen.)
[snip]


Hi Jo-Anne.

Does DesktopOK restore icon positions Automatically when the resolution
changes? It's not clear from their website :-(

Thanks.
Best Regards,


I don't know, B00ze. I always have the same resolution, so I've never
experienced how it works with a changed one. I hope someone else can
respond. Sorry I couldn't help.

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Old October 17th 15, 02:20 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

Per Jo-Anne:
I don't know, B00ze. I always have the same resolution, so I've never
experienced how it works with a changed one. I hope someone else can
respond.


Cannot speak of DesktopRestore, but it looks like Fences has an option
to scale the desktop to accommodate different resolutions and monitors
of different sizes.
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Old October 17th 15, 06:36 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

On 2015-10-17 12:14, Reinhard Skarbal wrote:

In article , says...

On 2015-10-14 12:08, Jo-Anne wrote:

On 10/14/2015 9:24 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?

I don't have multiple monitors, but DesktopOK is supposed to work with
them and has been working well for me under Windows 7. I tried the
highly recommended ICU but gave up on it because it did exactly what you
pointed out. (For what it's worth, at the suggestion of someone in this
newsgroup, I checked the Desktop folder and found that the missing icons
were there; they "just" didn't show up on the Desktop, presumably having
been placed off-screen.)
[snip]


Hi Jo-Anne.

Does DesktopOK restore icon positions Automatically when the resolution
changes? It's not clear from their website :-(

Thanks.
Best Regards,


No
You have to store a version for each resolution.
br,
Reinhard


Good day.

I do get that, that you have to first store the layout of your icons for
each resolution, but will it then use the saved layouts automatically?
Iconoid does this (altho I have only briefly tested it and I couldn't
tell if this was really working as it should).

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Old October 18th 15, 07:14 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Alternatives To Desktop Restore 6.x ?

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:24:32 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Desktop Restore was working for me under XP but now, under Windows 7
with two monitors it can't seem to get the restores right: icons
missing, icons relocated all over the place, and so-forth.

Has anybody found something that works for them with two monitors ?


Sorry, can only comment on one-monitor system:

Desktop Restore 1.6.3.031 aquired this month is working fine in new
Windows 7 Pro. ]

(but what a nightmare it's been to get Win7 set up ! )
(now if backup and repair disk will ever work ... wish me luck)
 




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