Dual monitor setup on laptop -- Desktop scrambled when laptop undo

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I have an IBM ThinkPad T43 with an ATI Mobility Radeon X300 running Windows
Pro XP SP2. It handles both the internal screen and my standalone LCD monitor
just fine.

However, when I travel with the laptop by itself, Windows throws all the
desktop icons into rows on the left of the internal screen, completely
scrambling my arrangement. When I later redock the laptop, the desktop icons
remain scrambled (even if I haven't moved or added any new ones). I've been
careful not to place any icons outside the viewing area of the laptop (set to
1024 X 768), and have not selected Arrange Icons By Name-Size-etc., nor have
I selected Auto Arrange. I do have Align to Grid selected, because otherwise
things get sloppy real fast in daily use.

I'd like some way to retain the arrangement of desktop icons between docked
and undocked states (especially since I doesn't seem that Windows *needs* to
change them at all!)

Any suggestions? TIA

 

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The below website may or may not be of help for you.
How can I connect an external monitor to my laptop?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000801.htm
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Sorry, Nope. There's nothing there about the behavior of desktop icons in
single-monitor vs dual-monitor views.

Thanks anyway.