Icons locations

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

In ,
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

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

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

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!

==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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

"Tim Meddick" wrote in
:

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"

So far, tolerable, although may add an extra line not to mention
ugly numericals...

rename "Adobe Reader 9" to "5 Adobe Reader 9"

AUUGH!!! What if for some reason you need TWO versions of the
same program?

2.1 Word 4
2.2 Word 7

???

AAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!!!!!

...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!

Not a bad idea aside from the aesthetic aspect, but it won't
work if you have the icons scattered all over in logical groups
related to program type, use, frequency of use, etc. - as at
least one person I know does.

All other people's computers I have personally seen have the
default Windows color scheme and the default Windows icons in
the default 'vertical line on the left' order.

And I am the only person I know (correction, a couple of weeks
ago someone mentioned they had the same - but that's the first
/ever/) who has the taskbar vertically on the left (which has
nothing to do with the vertical line of icons on the left I just
mentioned, since, as I already mentioned, I mentioned I have
them in groups in various places all over the desktop. Did I
mention that?

(Sorry... I am involved in a mind-numbing session with a moron
in another group...


--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

You could also be creative with renaming your desktop icons with *names* that begin
with letters that perform the same result as using the numbered solution...

==

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




"thanatoid" wrote in message
...
"Tim Meddick" wrote in
:

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"

So far, tolerable, although may add an extra line not to mention
ugly numericals...

rename "Adobe Reader 9" to "5 Adobe Reader 9"

AUUGH!!! What if for some reason you need TWO versions of the
same program?

2.1 Word 4
2.2 Word 7

???

AAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!!!!!

...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!

Not a bad idea aside from the aesthetic aspect, but it won't
work if you have the icons scattered all over in logical groups
related to program type, use, frequency of use, etc. - as at
least one person I know does.

All other people's computers I have personally seen have the
default Windows color scheme and the default Windows icons in
the default 'vertical line on the left' order.

And I am the only person I know (correction, a couple of weeks
ago someone mentioned they had the same - but that's the first
/ever/) who has the taskbar vertically on the left (which has
nothing to do with the vertical line of icons on the left I just
mentioned, since, as I already mentioned, I mentioned I have
them in groups in various places all over the desktop. Did I
mention that?

(Sorry... I am involved in a mind-numbing session with a moron
in another group...


--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

You could also be creative with renaming your desktop icons with *names* that begin
with letters that perform the same result as using the numbered solution...

==

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




"thanatoid" wrote in message
...
"Tim Meddick" wrote in
:

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"

So far, tolerable, although may add an extra line not to mention
ugly numericals...

rename "Adobe Reader 9" to "5 Adobe Reader 9"

AUUGH!!! What if for some reason you need TWO versions of the
same program?

2.1 Word 4
2.2 Word 7

???

AAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!!!!!

...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!

Not a bad idea aside from the aesthetic aspect, but it won't
work if you have the icons scattered all over in logical groups
related to program type, use, frequency of use, etc. - as at
least one person I know does.

All other people's computers I have personally seen have the
default Windows color scheme and the default Windows icons in
the default 'vertical line on the left' order.

And I am the only person I know (correction, a couple of weeks
ago someone mentioned they had the same - but that's the first
/ever/) who has the taskbar vertically on the left (which has
nothing to do with the vertical line of icons on the left I just
mentioned, since, as I already mentioned, I mentioned I have
them in groups in various places all over the desktop. Did I
mention that?

(Sorry... I am involved in a mind-numbing session with a moron
in another group...


--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

"Tim Meddick" wrote in
:

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"

So far, tolerable, although may add an extra line not to mention
ugly numericals...

rename "Adobe Reader 9" to "5 Adobe Reader 9"

AUUGH!!! What if for some reason you need TWO versions of the
same program?

2.1 Word 4
2.2 Word 7

???

AAAAUUUUUUUGH!!!!!!!!!

...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!

Not a bad idea aside from the aesthetic aspect, but it won't
work if you have the icons scattered all over in logical groups
related to program type, use, frequency of use, etc. - as at
least one person I know does.

All other people's computers I have personally seen have the
default Windows color scheme and the default Windows icons in
the default 'vertical line on the left' order.

And I am the only person I know (correction, a couple of weeks
ago someone mentioned they had the same - but that's the first
/ever/) who has the taskbar vertically on the left (which has
nothing to do with the vertical line of icons on the left I just
mentioned, since, as I already mentioned, I mentioned I have
them in groups in various places all over the desktop. Did I
mention that?

(Sorry... I am involved in a mind-numbing session with a moron
in another group...


--
The arrows are faster than rodents!
- t.

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!

==

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




"Twayne" wrote in message
...
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

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

=?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.

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.
--
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outdated thoughts on PCs. **

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utterly subservient to his will; and the next to overturn or diminish trial by
jury ..." Lord Devlin (http://www.holbornchambers.co.uk)

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
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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.

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