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From: fred on 1 Feb 2010 16:21 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 -- fred
From: Twayne on 1 Feb 2010 17:37 In news:C8323F1B-25E8-42A4-BB5C-DAC9FA52B072(a)microsoft.com, fred <fred(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed: > 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 Right click on the desktop, choose Arrange Icons By and be sure that Auto-Arrange and Align to Grid are un-ticked. They should stay put. HTH, Twayne
From: Leonard Grey on 1 Feb 2010 17:41 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
From: thanatoid on 1 Feb 2010 20:16 =?Utf-8?B?ZnJlZA==?= <fred(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:C8323F1B-25E8-42A4-BB5C-DAC9FA52B072(a)microsoft.com: > 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 This is one of the many joys of using MS software. There are several utilities, only one does what it's supposed without driving you crazy with bloat and unnecessary features. www.iconsaver.com The old version was free. I can post it to a file-sharing site if you are too cheap to pay $5 for the new version to get rid of one of the biggest PITA's (and it's a BIG list) of Windows. -- The arrows are faster than rodents! - t.
From: Twayne on 2 Feb 2010 11:45
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 |