Hi,

I've just searched through my registry for "AutoArrange" using the RegEdit
and set values 1 to 0 everywhere (found couple of entries in Program Manager
keys, but I am not sure if that's the case here, you may can have an
experimental here).

Tamas


On 4/11/07, Roger, in Bangkok <mercies@cscoms.com> wrote:
>
> 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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