I back up my desktop folder (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Kolon
Skorupski\Desktop).

But if I re-image my system from a backup image, and then copy
the backed-up desktop folder over top of the re-imaged version,
how do I recover the icon locations?

Or is backing up the icon locations more trouble than it's worth?
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PeteCresswell

[Mrosen7542]

Hi, Pete. What I do is simply take a snapshot of my desktop with a free program like ScreenHunter. That way I know what icons I had at which locations. Just a suggestion.

"(PeteCresswell)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I back up my desktop folder (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Kolon
> Skorupski\Desktop).
>
> But if I re-image my system from a backup image, and then copy
> the backed-up desktop folder over top of the re-imaged version,
> how do I recover the icon locations?
>
> Or is backing up the icon locations more trouble than it's worth?
> --
> PeteCresswell

Pete,
I use the freebie Iconoid from http://www.sillysot.com/ to backup my desktop
icons. It's the only program I've ever found that reliably backs up the
exact position of the icons and restores them correctly.
hth

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:02:12 -0800, "OldKenGoat"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"(PeteCresswell)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I back up my desktop folder (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Kolon
>> Skorupski\Desktop).
>>
>> But if I re-image my system from a backup image, and then copy
>> the backed-up desktop folder over top of the re-imaged version,
>> how do I recover the icon locations?
>>
>> Or is backing up the icon locations more trouble than it's worth?
>> --
>> PeteCresswell
>
>Pete,
>I use the freebie Iconoid from http://www.sillysot.com/ to backup my desktop
>icons. It's the only program I've ever found that reliably backs up the
>exact position of the icons and restores them correctly.
>hth
>
There is another one that I use and it's from Microsoft.

Search around for layout.dll from Microsoft. I use the following
reg file and then if you right click on say.. recycle bin, you will see
the save and restore options for your layout.

Pretty cool, actually and I use it all the time.

Windows XP

Move Layout.dll to the Windows\System32 folder.

Double-click on Layout.reg to add it to the Registry.

If you now right-click on almost any of the standard desktop
icons (such as "My Computer or "Recycle Bin") you'll see two new items:

Save Desktop Icon Layout and Restore Desktop Icon Layout.

Choose the former to save the desktop icon layout.

Choose the latter when you need to restore the saved layout.


REGEDIT4


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}]
@="Desktop Icon Layout"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}\InProcServer32]
@="Layout.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\IconLayout]
@="{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Approved]
"{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}"="Desktop Icon Layout"

Per Wally <wally@(nft).invalid>:
>There is another one that I use and it's from Microsoft.
>
>Search around for layout.dll from Microsoft. I use the following
>reg file and then if you right click on say.. recycle bin, you will see
>the save and restore options for your layout.
>
>Pretty cool, actually and I use it all the time.
>
>Windows XP
>
>Move Layout.dll to the Windows\System32 folder.
>
>Double-click on Layout.reg to add it to the Registry.

Sounds like the locations are stored in the registry.

Am I right so far?

If so, I guess it's hopeless - since re-imaging would clobber the
registry.

Or do they somehow extract locations from the registry into a
..Reg file that can then be saved applied to some other registry?
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PeteCresswell