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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 -- fred |
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fred typed: 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 Right click on the desktop, choose Arrange Icons By and be sure that Auto-Arrange and Align to Grid are un-ticked. They should stay put. HTH, Twayne |
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fred typed: 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 Right click on the desktop, choose Arrange Icons By and be sure that Auto-Arrange and Align to Grid are un-ticked. They should stay put. HTH, Twayne |
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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. --- 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 |
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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. --- 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 |
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=?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= wrote
in : 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 This is one of the many joys of using MS software. There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features. www.iconsaver.com The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows. -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t. |
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=?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= wrote
in : 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 This is one of the many joys of using MS software. There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features. www.iconsaver.com The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows. -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t. |
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In message , thanatoid
writes: =?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= wrote in : 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. You can make folders on the desktop (e. g. "video", "audio", "text"), and drag the shortcuts into them (nothing to stop you having the same icon/shortcut in more than one of them, either); I _think_ you can even change the icons for said folders. But of course where _those_ folders remain on the desktop is subject to the same vagaries as all the others. (Read on ...) Thanks This is one of the many joys of using MS software. There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features. www.iconsaver.com The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows. I think the oldest such utility is Melissa Nguyen's EZdesk (in theory shareware, but the homepage is an AOL commons one, which was shut down years ago, so you have to get it from a repository such as http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). It has worked since at least Windows 98. Another one is iconoid (google for it), which has some other features too (which I don't use). EZdesk is fine, small, and unobtrusive. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "The first objective of any tyrant in Whitehall would be to make Parliament utterly subservient to his will; and the next to overturn or diminish trial by jury ..." Lord Devlin (http://www.holbornchambers.co.uk) |
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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. --- 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 |
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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. --- 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 |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
: In message , thanatoid writes: This is one of the many joys of using MS software. There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features. www.iconsaver.com The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows. I think the oldest such utility is Melissa Nguyen's EZdesk (in theory shareware, but the homepage is an AOL commons one, which was shut down years ago, so you have to get it from a repository such as http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). Tried it, it sucks. It has worked since at least Windows 98. Another one is iconoid (google for it), which has some other features too (which I don't use). Tried it. A program almost as ridiculous as its name. EZdesk is fine, small, and unobtrusive. If that's your opinion of EZDesk (you don't say anything about how well it works - unless "fine" is that - which I disagree with since IMO it does not work very well), then you would consider iconsaver "magical" and "invisible". A few years ago, after very hard searching, I have found and tried 3 or 4 others along with the 2 you mention. They are all bloated with useless crap and several don't even do what they're supposed to. -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t. |
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In message , thanatoid
writes: [] http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). Tried it, it sucks. Define "sucks". It has worked since at least Windows 98. Another one is iconoid (google [] Tried it. A program almost as ridiculous as its name. EZdesk is fine, small, and unobtrusive. If that's your opinion of EZDesk (you don't say anything about how well it works - unless "fine" is that - which I disagree with since IMO it does not work very well), then you would consider iconsaver "magical" and "invisible". [] Ooh, who got out of bed the wrong side this morning? To do what the OP wanted - i. e. keep desktop icons where they have been put - I'd say both are fine; your iconsaver is probably another such. (I've just looked at its homepage - the "main features" list sounds identical to both of the above, though I'm not sure what you'd need hotkeys or an icon position editor for.) I've also found that the icons get shuffled unexpectedly a lot less in XP than they did in '98 (even lite). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes |
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
: In message , thanatoid writes: SNIP Ooh, who got out of bed the wrong side this morning? My bed does not have a "right" side. They're all (all 4) wrong. I should have never been born. To do what the OP wanted - i. e. keep desktop icons where they have been put - I'd say both are fine; your iconsaver is probably another such. (I've just looked at its homepage - the "main features" list sounds identical to both of the above, though I'm not sure what you'd need hotkeys or an icon position editor for.) You don't which is why I use the free version from 1998. Still, these new features (WHY can't authors leave well enough alone?) are nothing compared to the crap that comes with the other programs we have been talking about. I've also found that the icons get shuffled unexpectedly a lot less in XP than they did in '98 (even lite). True, still no reason to use that demented product if you can avoid it. If I EVER manage to clean up my drive, I am installing Linux. Although after ****ing around with XP for a month or so and asking a few questions here and there (before almost everyone plonked me), I have made it manageable and almost bearable. Still annoying, but not as annoying as the way it comes out of the box, which is nothing but "BOB 2". -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t. |
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:42:41 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid
wrote: http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). Tried it, it sucks. Try icon_restore.exe http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new...on_restore.exe It presents a right-click menu option on My Computer and Recycle bin shortcuts to save and restore the icons on the Desktop. Very good. -- HTH ClueLess |
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:42:41 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid
wrote: http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). Tried it, it sucks. Try icon_restore.exe http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new...on_restore.exe It presents a right-click menu option on My Computer and Recycle bin shortcuts to save and restore the icons on the Desktop. Very good. -- HTH ClueLess |
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