Re: Desktop Icons

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Glad to hear it. Keep having fun.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:26C54DA6-CAE3-45D9-A70D-42B6161FB384@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
violets4blue <violets4blue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanks alot. Unchecking auto arrange, I believe did it. The icons did not
move. Thanks again.
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"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

If Lock Web Items on Desktop is checked...
Items can be moved, but they are moved back after reboot.

If Auto Arrange is checked...
The icons are arranged in columns along the left side of your screen.

Right click Desktop | Arrange Icons By |
UNCheck: Auto Arrange
UNCheck: Lock Web Items on Desktop

Auto Arrange
[[Arrange the icons in columns along the left side of your screen.]]

Lock Web Items on Desktop
[[Specifies whether Web content windows or items that *you* have placed
on your desktop are locked in place and can’t be moved. Select the
check box to lock Web content in place. Clear the check box if you want
to be able to
move Web content.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:A74CD0EA-FAA3-47AF-86F0-9848075E76DB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
timber01 <timber01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Someone PLEASE HELP!!! For some reason I am unable to click-and-drag my
icons to where I want them. I can right-click, cut, and paste SOME of
them but this is very tedious and not all of them will move. I have
already unchecked the "auto arrange" from the drop menu when you right
click on the desktop. In fact, I have clicked it on then off several
times. I've moved items around by cutting and pasting but I just put a
new icon on my desktop and everything moved over to the left side and it
auto-arranged all by itself. What is going on? How can I get my
desktop to let me just click and drag the icons again? GRRRR!!! It's
driving me crazy!!

THANKS!!

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