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Desktop Icon spacing
Name: Jim Date: April 23, 2002 at 15:33:27 Pacific
Comment:
In Win98 I could adjust the spacing of the icons on the desktop. In XP I change the settings (in Display Properties) but the icons stay fixed. Does anyone have a fix? A Registry modification would suffice.
Name: dan Date: April 23, 2002 at 15:35:46 Pacific
Reply:
right click the desktop and verify that auto arrange and align to grid are unchecked.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jim Date: April 23, 2002 at 15:55:21 Pacific
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Sorry! I should have mentioned that they are unchecked. I have two systems and I can't adjust either one. Can someone tell me if it's working ok on their system?
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Response Number 3
Name: Preston Date: April 23, 2002 at 15:56:24 Pacific
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I changed my icon settings but it didn't take effect until I restarted to computer.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jim Date: April 23, 2002 at 16:03:18 Pacific
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Hmmm. Thanks Preston and I forgot to thank Dan. I've rebooted several times but it might be because I had 'Align to grid' on when I did that. I'll try another boot and check back. At least I now know that it's not an XP bug and it should work.
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Response Number 5
Name: Jum Date: April 23, 2002 at 16:17:37 Pacific
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Rebooting didn't help. Another funny thing I just noticed. On this one system, when I drag the icons around and let them go, they adjust themselves a little one way or the other, like 'Align to grid' is on. I also found out that I could get the icons on the other system closer together if I moved them into the approximate position first. I think I'm going to try a 'repair' on this system. Thanks very much for your help!
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Response Number 6
Name: Jim Date: April 23, 2002 at 17:34:24 Pacific
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Reinstalling XP seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks!
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Response Number 7
Name: Sven Date: April 25, 2002 at 12:08:47 Pacific
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I was having the same problem. When I first unchecked Align To Grid and restarted after placing all my icons where I wanted them to be, it didn't hold where I put them and reset it to the grid. I did it again. It worked the second time. It may be a matter of having to do it more than once. Quirky, I know, but my icons are now where I want them and they stay.
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