Re: Link won't stay put on desktop!

(That prompted me to check up on ctfmon and I've now read the knowledge base
piece, so don't worry about that - cheers)

S


"spamlet" <spam.morespam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Note also that a symbol for the Nokia suite also appears in the
notification area no matter how many times I cancel it. And when I
'remove' this from the system start up with the tool provided in SpyBot,
it simply reinstalls itself. (Similarly, I have used this tool to
'remove' something called 'ctfmon' which it says is unnecessary and a
possible virus target, but this too just reinstalls itself into the start
up set, so one gets a whole stack of 'disabled' lines... )

S

"Steve H" <steve_a_hawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good to hear from you Kelly (I've been using your 'task bar activate' for
some time by the way.)

I don't quite see how either of these suggestions is going to work:

The icon maintains my preferred position on opening and closing XP: it is
only when the icon is clicked that it moves. It seems to be that a
function of opening the Nokia 'suite' is to simultaneously move the
shortcut icon to the left side of the desktop. But I do not understand
why this happens on the pc and not the laptop.

Very odd,

Cheers for the suggestions anyway.

S


<kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That'll do it, too. :o)

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Gary Brandenburg" <blah,blah,blah@blah blah.com> wrote in message
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"Steve H" <steve_a_hawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Thank you Gary,
|
| I do have autoarrange unticked. It is just this Nokia shortcut which
| refuses to stay put. On our pc, each time it is clicked it
repositions
| itself on the top left of the desktop. Interestingly, I have just
loaded
it
| on to a laptop, which as far as I can tell has the same desktop
settings,
| and here, at the moment at least, it is staying put on the right,
where I
| want it. (Possibly it moves once it has been synchronised with the
phone -
| which I don't want to do on the laptop at the moment.)
|
| How can a shortcut ignore the desktop settings?
|
| Cheers for responding.
|
| S

You could try using a layout dll. available in :
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 188/Right Column
It adds a function in the context menu when you right click My Computer
or
Recycle Bin,where you can "Save Desktop Icon Layout & "Restore Desktop
Icon
Layout & see if that'll make it stick.
You merely download it to where ever you want & move the layout dll. to
C:Windows/System 32 & then double click the vbs. which adds it to the
registry & a prompt will let you know that it was successful. Then you
should see the addition to the My Computer & Recycle Bin right click
function.
If you have "Align to Grid" AND "Auto Arrange" both unchecked, then I
can't
see why it still decides to move.
She also has a tweak(but I haven't tried this one myself) that you can
"Save
Setting on Exit" Line 54/Right column,if that doesn't help.
~Gary










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