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Name: Po'Boy (by Johnny D)
Date: August 27, 2007 at 00:07:09 Pacific
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU/Ram: 1GH P3/896MB
Product: Self Built
Comment:

No matter how I arrange the Desktop Icons every time I log off then log back on again or if the computer "hickups" then all but a few icons get rearranged! I have the Arrange Icons By set to Modified, Auto Arrange and Align to Grid. Why won't the icons stay where I put them?

Software gives me a headache.



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Name: Tufenuf
Date: August 27, 2007 at 04:55:13 Pacific
Reply:

Po'Boy, Check out "Icon Restore" which is Free at the link below.

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_r...

Tufenuf


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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser
Date: August 27, 2007 at 07:43:26 Pacific
Reply:

Last year I asked about why XP sometimes remember my desktop layout and sometimes it doesn’t upon reboot.

I guess there is no cure for this Windows anemia. You just have to restart Windows again or completely shutdown the machine to force cold startup. Either way it usually works for me - without using any third party utilities to remember it.


May 16, 2006 thread:

Strange Desktop Icons Arrangement

i_Xp/VistaUser


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