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From: ClueLess on 5 Feb 2010 19:58 On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:42:41 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote: >> http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). > >Tried it, it sucks. Try icon_restore.exe http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new/utilities/desktop/icon_restore.exe It presents a right-click menu option on My Computer and Recycle bin shortcuts to save and restore the icons on the Desktop. Very good. -- HTH ClueLess
From: thanatoid on 5 Feb 2010 21:09 ClueLess <clueless(a)wilderness.org.invalid> wrote in news:nffpm55jotf4h1rjfjh0se9ove99s61pdt(a)4ax.com: > On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 02:42:41 +0000 (UTC), thanatoid > <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote: > >>> http://www.brothersoft.com/ezdesk-7419.html). >> >>Tried it, it sucks. > > Try icon_restore.exe > > http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new/utilities/desktop/icon_ > restore.exe > > It presents a right-click menu option on My Computer and > Recycle bin shortcuts to save and restore the icons on the > Desktop. Very good. I've tried them all! They are all dysfunctional, have stupid bloat, useless features, or are just too damn big or mess with the system! I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the PC utility whose name escapes me at the moment! Iconsaver rules OK! OK? -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t.
From: Tim Meddick on 8 Feb 2010 15:45 I think the best (and cheapest) way, is to re-name your desktop icons, preceding each name with a number - i.e. : rename "My Computer" to "1 My Computer" rename "My Documents" to "2 My Documents" rename "CD Drive (D)" to "3 CD Drive (D)" rename "Internet Explorer" to "4 Internet Explorer" rename "Adobe Reader 9" to "5 Adobe Reader 9" ....so that the first icon on the screen corresponds to renaming it with a preceding "1", the second with "2", etc. Then, when they become "unstuck", as they so often do (hence all the apps to set things straight), all you have to do is right-click on desktop > Arrange Icons By > Name ...to get them back in the desired order! == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message news:ujX4ZcCpKHA.2076(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > In news:uRE4t%234oKHA.4628(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl, > Leonard Grey <l.grey(a)invalid.invalid> typed: >> There's nothing in Windows XP that can guarantee that a given icon >> will stay in one place forever. There may be third-party software >> that can do this, however. A web search will let you know. >> >> You can prevent Windows XP from aligning icons along a grid; >> right-click on the desktop, select Align Icons By > remove the check >> mark from Align to Grid. >> --- >> Leonard Grey >> Errare humanum est >> >> fred wrote: >>> Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at >>> the position? Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search), >>> (photoshops), etc? As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over >>> time, >>> Stay put. Thanks > > Unticking auto-arrange and align icons to grid are two ways to come very close. > Unless you change some desktop property like resolution etc., they will stay put. > > > HTH, > > Twayne > >
From: thanatoid on 9 Feb 2010 20:40
"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in news:uZ5ZqAcqKHA.728(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > You could also be creative with renaming your desktop icons > with *names* that begin with letters that perform the same > result as using the numbered solution... Nah... Too old and too lazy and too stupid. Besides, I have been using IconSaver for years so it is not an issue any more. Sure as hell used to be! -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t. |