I finally gave up and put all of my icon groups into their own separate
folders on the desktop ... haven't looked back since ...

Regards/Roger, in Bangkok

On 4/11/07, Tony Smith <ajsmith@rivernet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > How to stop WindowsXP from re-arranging desktop icons?
> >
> > ... and yes, I already have unchecked AUTO-ARRANGE and
> > ALIGN-TO-GRID as well.  I have two systems; one continually
> > does this and the other never does.
> >
> > Frankly, it's annoying to download something to the desktop
> > and have to search through the icons to figure out where it
> > ended up because Windows thinks it should continually
> > re-arrange everything.
> >
> > It's a little thing; but then, it's the little things in life
> > that bug us the most, no?
>
>
> You're not running old software that changes the screen resolution, are
> you?
>
> When it changes your 40000x30000 screen to the old-time favorite VGA
> 800x600, Windows figures you'll get annoyed by most of your icons not
> being
> visible, and tries to put as many as possible in that little space.
>
> Of course, it doesn't bother to put them back afterwards...  leaving them
> crammed up in the top left-hand corner.
>
> There are programs that take a snapshot of your desktop (records the icon
> positions), and restore their locations later on.
>
> Tony
>
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