How can a remember positioning of icons on a desktop?

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Hi All,

I have a customer that is temperamental about his icons being in the
"exact" location he wants. There are things both he and I do that
sometimes mess up his grand scheme. He gets pissed.

Is there a way, such as a *.reg file or otherwise that I can
do a recovery that will put his icons back the way he wants them
after he or I screws them up? Well, other than taking a screen shot.
(He has dual 22" wides screens and a screen shot will not help me
get them "exactly" back where he wants them.)

Many thanks,
-T
 
Todd

Heard about ''Lock the Desktop"" Right click on Desktop and select Arrange Icons By
and then check Align to Grid and Show Desktop Icons and Lock Web Items on Desktop


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Todd said:
Hi All,

I have a customer that is temperamental about his icons being in the
"exact" location he wants. There are things both he and I do that
sometimes mess up his grand scheme. He gets pissed.

Is there a way, such as a *.reg file or otherwise that I can
do a recovery that will put his icons back the way he wants them
after he or I screws them up? Well, other than taking a screen shot. (He
has dual 22" wides screens and a screen shot will not help me
get them "exactly" back where he wants them.)

Many thanks,
-T
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Hi, Todd,

A while back, a friend told me about Icon Restore, and it's been working
fine for me. Check out
http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

Just remember that if he's using Windows XP, he has to access the save and
restore features by right-clicking on something like the Recycle Bin or
another icon that ISN'T a shortcut. (I've created some folders on my
desktop, and they work too.) Also, of course, any time he changes the
location of icons, he'll need to save the new configuration. The webpage for
the program doesn't mention Windows 7, so I don't know if it'll work with
the new OS.

Here's another one I read about but haven't yet tried:
http://fsl.sytes.net/iconrestorer.html

Jo-Anne
 
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