Re: Desktop Icons Placement - Utility comparison
- From: "Allen" <NOYB@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:04:36 -0700
UltraMon http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
Preserve position of desktop icons
Depending on your system configuration, you may experience the problem that
desktop icons don't stay where you put them after restarting the system.
UltraMon fixes this problem by automatically restoring desktop icons to
their previous positions when UltraMon starts.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/tour/other_features.asp
Along with a few scripts
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/scripts/
and export and import of UltraMon's icon positions key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\Saved Positions\Icons"
can save and apply multiple layouts for multiple resolutions and multiple
monitors.
"Bald Eagle" <BaldEagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0AD55F82-1303-436B-BE76-24B08DA53529@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks to people on this board, I tested 3 different utilities and here
are
the results:
Functional Requirements:
- Save desktop layout (placement of icons on the desktop)
- Restore desktop layout
- Have the ability to store and retrieve different desktop layouts:
- For the same resolution
- For different monitor resolutions (especially useful if you work
with an overhead projector)
1. Save My Desktop ver 1.2:
This is a super-simplistic utility which has only 2 functionalities - Save
Icons and Restore Icons.
PROS: Simplistic
CONS: Cannot have multiple layouts for different resolutions, relatively
buggy
2. Icon Restore ver 1.0:
Again, another super-simplistic utility with 2 functions - Save Layout and
Restore Layout.
PROS: Simplistic
CONS: Adds it-self as a right-click option to "My Computer" on your
desktop.
Maybe this is something people like, anyways. Another issue is that it
cannot
save multiple layouts for multiple resolutions. Biggest problem was that I
could not uninstall it. Somewhere on the web it says that you need to
download a separate uninstaller. YIKES! I used XP's Restore System to an
earlier state functionality to "un-install" this program.
2. WinTidy ver 2.0:
This has all the bells and whistles including a real UI. I can save
multiple
"Named layouts" or system layouts. There is also a "Smart Restore" which
changes the icon placement when you change resolutions. That is a really
cool
piece of functionality.
BUG FOUND: I found that the layout restore was really erratic. I found out
why. You have to turn off "Align to Grid" in XP. Then all is well.
Hope this is helpful for all those out there who have been struggling with
desktop arrangement and praying for a utility.
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