How to save and later restore icon layout?

[david.karr]

I carefully arrange icons on my desktop. Every once in a while I
ending up running applications that think they need to rearrange the
icons on my desktop, completely messing up the arrangement I had set
up.

Is there a way to save and later restore my icon layout, so I can set
up the arrangement I want, save it, and then if something rearranges
it later, I can then restore the layout I had saved?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I carefully arrange icons on my desktop. Every once in a while I
ending up running applications that think they need to rearrange the
icons on my desktop, completely messing up the arrangement I had set
up.

Is there a way to save and later restore my icon layout, so I can
set up the arrangement I want, save it, and then if something
rearranges it later, I can then restore the layout I had saved?

Third party software - some of which may come with the full-featured
installation of your software often given/provided by the hardware
manufacturer of your video card.

 

[Ron Badour]

Try this freebie: ActivIcons: http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.html


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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

 

[M.I.5¾]

I carefully arrange icons on my desktop. Every once in a while I
ending up running applications that think they need to rearrange the
icons on my desktop, completely messing up the arrangement I had set
up.

Is there a way to save and later restore my icon layout, so I can set
up the arrangement I want, save it, and then if something rearranges
it later, I can then restore the layout I had saved?

This free utility is exactly what you seek.

http://www.download.com/Icon-Restore/3000-2347_4-10163499.html