Don,
Try the layout.dll.
[[Icons - Lock on Desktop
"In Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP you can lock down the position of the
Desktop icons using a couple of files from the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource
Kit.]]
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_i.htm
[[Microsoft's Layout.dll (free) file, which is included in the Windows NT
Resource Kit, can be installed on Windows 2000 and XP systems. This adds
the
Save Desktop Icon Layout and Restore Desktop Icon Layout options to the
pop-up menus associated with system icons like the Recycle Bin and My
Computer. It's a bare-bones solution that lacks the useful frills found in
EzDesk, but it gets the job done.]]
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1593475,00.asp
zipped layout.dll
http://www.nthelp.com/proggy/layout.zip
[[Make Desktop Icons Stay in Place
1. Download the zip file that comes from the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.
Don't worry! It'll work with your Windows XP machine.
2. Copy the files in the .zip file onto the desktop. Then place
Layout.dll
in your WINDOWS\System32 directory.
3. After the layout.dll is in the right directory, double click on the
layout.reg file.
4. Right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. You should see
two
new commands: Save Desktop Icon Layout and Restore Desktop Icon Layout.
Use them to save and restore your icon arrangement. ]]
http://www.wxpnews.com/index.cfm?id=52
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In
Don Schmidt said:
Wesley,
Thanks for trying but didn't work.
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Don
Vancouver, USA
Wesley Vogel said:
Try this...
Right click Desktop | Arrange Icons By | Lock Web Items on Desktop
Lock Web Items on Desktop
[[Specifies whether Web content windows or items that you have placed on
your desktop are locked in place and can’t be moved. Select the check
box
to
lock Web content in place. Clear the check box if you want to be able to
move Web content.]]
If Lock Web Items on Desktop is checked...
Items can be moved, but they are moved back after reboot.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Don Schmidt <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Our family has a computer with Windows XP (with Service Packs) and I
have the resolution at 800x600 and my daughter has the display set at
1024x768.
I have several desktop icons positioned on the left, top and right
sides
and my daughter has her icons set at the left.
The problem is when we change users from me to her then back to me all
of my icons are grouped at the left.
Question: Is there a way to preserve the location of my icons even
after
changing users?
(It's a Dell Inspiron 700m laptop)
