Trouble with Shortcuts rearranging themselves on my desktop

[Talahasee]

Is there any simple way (utility/ ? ) to get XP to
REMEMBER my icon arrangement on my desktop so that if I
crash, I can click on an icon and "fix" my desktop?

Back in the 98 days, there was a nifty little routine,
"EzDesk" that USUALLY remembered and fixed my icon
arrangement.

Sadly, it's not compatible with XP.


tia

Tallahassee

 

[Ryan Dick]

Yes, there is an application, and I use it all the time - when I access my
computer using Remote Desktop on a computer with a different resolution. Its
a simple EXE file that remembers the location of the icons. When you run it
subsequently it moves them to where they were last set.

You can find it here: http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

Cheers!
Ryan

 

[Drew Tognola]

Talahasee,

I've been using WinTidy 2.0, but unfortunately PC Magazine charges $5.97 for
it now. If interested, see here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1656299,00.asp

Drew

 

[Talahasee]

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

Thanks!

I'll try it.

TAlahassee

 

[Rock]

Is there any simple way (utility/ ? ) to get XP to
REMEMBER my icon arrangement on my desktop so that if I
crash, I can click on an icon and "fix" my desktop?

Back in the 98 days, there was a nifty little routine,
"EzDesk" that USUALLY remembered and fixed my icon
arrangement.

Sadly, it's not compatible with XP.


tia

Tallahassee

There an edit on Kelly's site to create two right click menu items, one
to save the desktop layout and one to restore it.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 188: Add Save & Restore Desktop Layout to Menu

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is there any simple way (utility/ ? ) to get XP to
REMEMBER my icon arrangement on my desktop so that if I
crash, I can click on an icon and "fix" my desktop?

Back in the 98 days, there was a nifty little routine,
"EzDesk" that USUALLY remembered and fixed my icon
arrangement.

Sadly, it's not compatible with XP.

There are several freeware programs that can do this. I use one called Save
My Desktop.

http://www.softforall.com/Desktop/IconTools/Save_My_Desktop03040004.htm

 

[Talahasee]

Yes, there is an application, and I use it all the time - when I access my
computer using Remote Desktop on a computer with a different resolution. Its
a simple EXE file that remembers the location of the icons. When you run it
subsequently it moves them to where they were last set.

You can find it here: http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

Cheers!

Thanks! It didn't work at first. Now that I have
fdisked/formatted, and reinstalled my whole system, the
utilty works on a "clean install."

Tallahassee

 

[Talahasee]

There an edit on Kelly's site to create two right click menu items, one
to save the desktop layout and one to restore it.

Just found this, and noted that I had not responded
previously. ( I'm doing a hundred other things, and lost it
in the shuffle. Apologies)

Thanks for the help! I downloaded the utility, and it's
working FINE!

It's now on my Install Disk, making it an OFFICIAL utility.



(as for my hundred other projects, I just had a "proposal'
for my autobiography accepted by an agent.

Whoooooooooooopppppeeeee!

Wish me luck, everyone!)

(and apologies again.)

Tallahassee

 

[Talahasee]

There are several freeware programs that can do this. I use one called Save
My Desktop.

http://www.softforall.com/Desktop/IconTools/Save_My_Desktop03040004.htm

Sorry for the delayed response.

I misplaced this post.

:-(

I DID go to this link, and tried the download. Have not
tried it several times, but it won't download the program.

Thanks anyway!


Tallahassee