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Desktop Icons changes Position

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by wilon, 2010/03/26.

  1. 2010/03/26
    wilon

    wilon Inactive Thread Starter

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    Dears,

    Everytime I restart my Laptop, the icons I had arranged on my desktop will all rearrange themselves at the left hand side of the desktop and the Operating System is Windows XP Pro SP3. Is there anything I can do to get this sorted out asap.
    Only Align to Grid and Show Desktop Icons are checked on Arrange Icons By option which is gotten by right clicking on the desktop.
     
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    wahlroot

    wahlroot Inactive

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    Here is Lock desktop which is free.
    I have used it for years on many computers. Go to:
    http://www.nthelp.com/50/save_desktop_layout.htm
    Download it from where it says here.
    TIP: LOCK DESKTOP ICONS
    "In Windows you can lock down the position of the Desktop icons. Place Layout.dll in C:\Windows\System and then click on Layout.reg. From now on, whenever you right-click on the "Recycle Bin" or "My Computer" icons, you can see a new option: "Save [or Restore] Desktop Icon Layout ".
     

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    surferdude2

    surferdude2 Inactive

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    That's often caused by a corrupt user profile account. To create a new user profile account and copy the old settings to it (except the corruption) follow the directions HERE.

    Normally you will need to create two new accounts to do the deed. You must log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying files to or from. That implies three accounts. You cannot be resident in the source or the target or else the copy process will fail due to the files being active and locked by the system.
     

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