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Arranging Icons!
Name: jada46133 Date: October 15, 2003 at 09:05:41 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 88 MB RAM
Comment:
When i try to arrange my icons by name or size or anything they just bunch all up on top of each other. What can i do to fix this?? HELP!! Thanks!
Name: rac Date: October 15, 2003 at 09:17:20 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have "Align to Grid" checked?
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Response Number 2
Name: jada46133 Date: October 15, 2003 at 09:23:35 Pacific
Reply:
I don't even see Align to Grid. Where's it located?
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Response Number 3
Name: drew Date: October 15, 2003 at 09:25:55 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not sure if this is your problem but ... You can adjust the spacing between icons in Display Properties/Appearance/Item window/Icon spacing.
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Response Number 4
Name: dave01 Date: October 15, 2003 at 09:54:19 Pacific
Reply:
If spacing is too close or icons are too big, they will be bunched up. My spacing is 43 for both horizontal and vertical, icon size 32. I don't know if those are default values.
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Response Number 5
Name: Tufenuf Date: October 15, 2003 at 10:48:17 Pacific
Reply:
jada46133, Right click your desktop and uncheck "auto arrange" then move the icons where you want them. This should solve your problem.
HTH Tufenuf
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Response Number 6
Name: rac Date: October 15, 2003 at 11:01:34 Pacific
Reply:
Right click desktop, click 'Arrange Icons by', and then click 'Arrange to grid'. I also keep 'Auto Arrange' clicked since it keeps the icons in order, but you may want to experiment with settings to see what they do so you can choose what's best for you rather than what other people may like...
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Response Number 7
Name: Derek Date: October 15, 2003 at 13:12:02 Pacific
Reply:
The figures given by dave01 in #4 are indeed the normal default.
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