Registry setting to Auto-Arrange Desktop Icons in XP

[Michael Patten]

Hi All,

I am currently working on an unattended installation of Windows XP, and was
wondering if anyone knows how to automaticcally set the desktop items to
auto-arrange without having to write an AutoIT or ScriptIT script to enable
the option.

I know that this could be done under the registry change shown below for
Windows 2000 Pro, however this does not work for Windows XP

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DeskVi
ew]
"Settings"=hex:01,00,00,00,21,02,00,00,

Any info, no matter how small it seems, would be appreciated!

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[Joseph Tate]

Hi All,

I am currently working on an unattended installation of Windows XP, and was
wondering if anyone knows how to automaticcally set the desktop items to
auto-arrange without having to write an AutoIT or ScriptIT script to enable
the option.

I know that this could be done under the registry change shown below for
Windows 2000 Pro, however this does not work for Windows XP

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DeskVi
ew]
"Settings"=hex:01,00,00,00,21,02,00,00,

Any info, no matter how small it seems, would be appreciated!

I too would be interested in this tidbit. I haven't been able to find
anything.