Re: Saving desktop icons to their correct locations - display driver update
- From: "boe" <boe_d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:26:37 -0800
Turns out it works great as long as you don't change your resolution - I
changed my resolution - then said arrange by name - it messes up the
layout - then I put it back to the higher resolution and said to restore
layout - hoping it would put it back to the same order - unfortunately it
doesn't. Any other programs that might help for when the resolution is
temporarily changed when updating video drivers or video cards?
"boe" <boe_d@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks
"Claymore" <claymore@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 10:34 pm, "boe" <bo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
Whenever I change out a display driver or a video card -it often resets
back
to 640x480 and then when you put it back to the previous resolution -
e.g.
1280x1024 or higher, the icons/shortcuts on the desktop are all
reordered.
Is there a way to save them to a particular order set so when you change
back to your previous display resolution before the patch/upgrade, they
are
in the same order (FYI they are not organized by name or type - they have
been ordered according to where I manually put them).
Thanks
Just to add to what Gary suggested:
Save desktop icon positions
Either:
Icon Restore
http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html
===========================
Or:
layout.dll from Microsoft:
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/tweaks/layout.zip
Instructions
1. Download the file Layout.zip from the link under Tools above, and
extract the contents to an empty directory.
2. Copy Layout.dll to the WindowsSystem32 directory on the hard drive
which contains Windows XP.
3. Double click on the Layout.reg file to automatically make the
appropriate changes to your registry.
4. Now go to your desktop and arrange the icons as you'd like them to
be saved.
5. Once done, right click on the Recycle Bin and select 'Save Desktop
Icon Layout'. The positions of all the icons are now saved. You can
move the icons around
freely, however whenever you want them restored to their original
saved positions, right click on Recycle Bin again and select 'Restore
Desktop Icon Layout'.
6. Be sure that you receive a popup msg "Desktop Icon Settings
Saved". For some reason, unknown to me (running Winxp-SP2 Tablet PC
Edition), it doesn't always
save. It appears that it only actually does the save if you have
received the above confirmation message.
{Courtesy PCMAG.com forums}
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