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Old October 25th, 2006, 09:26 PM
Aclikyano Aclikyano is offline
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as the title says...

I right click and the only thing checked are Align to Grid and Show Desktop Icons.. (arrange icons by)

I want the desktop icons to stay were I put them but like today when I boot up my PC there all alphabetically aligned in 3 columns to the left hand side instead of My custom positions..


please help.
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Old October 25th, 2006, 09:36 PM
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Do you have "Auto Arrange" selected?
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Old October 25th, 2006, 09:38 PM
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uncheck "Align To Grid"
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Old October 25th, 2006, 10:06 PM
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Do you have "Auto Arrange" selected?

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right click and the only thing checked are Align to Grid and Show Desktop Icons


haha..
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Old October 25th, 2006, 10:30 PM
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Did you uncheck "Align To Grid"? The columns you mentioned are the "grid". Once that is unchecked you should be able to drag and drop your icons anywhere you want on the desktop, and have them stay put.
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Old October 25th, 2006, 10:32 PM
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yes I did.. but I rebooted and they went back...
I found out the unchecked was infact checked but I unchecked before I rebooted...

Ima see if it stays.. if Not ill post back (maybe in a few days or tomorrow) as i dont plan to keep on booting up.
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Old October 25th, 2006, 10:38 PM
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I just tried it on my own computer. Apparently you have to uncheck BOTH "Align To Grid" and "Auto Arrange", as z1p stated earlier. It worked on mine, although I didn't reboot because I like mine aligned to a grid in certain positions. If I were to reboot after unchecking both options I'm afraid I might end up having to rearrange them all again. Good luck!
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Old October 26th, 2006, 02:54 AM
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Desktop Icons WILL NOT STAY IN POSITION
A good free program to keep your desktop icons where you place them is "Icon Restore".

Download here: http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

I change resolution quite often so my icons have a tendency to get scrambled.

One click with "Icon Restore" installed puts them all back.

Just thought I'd throw this in.
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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:23 PM
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A good free program to keep your desktop icons where you place them is "Icon Restore".

Download here: http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html

I change resolution quite often so my icons have a tendency to get scrambled.

One click with "Icon Restore" installed puts them all back.

Just thought I'd throw this in.
Thanks ^ ill try this...

and @ others who helped... NO LUCK!.. I rebooted and the icons somehow went back to alphabetical order aligned to the left.!
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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:43 PM
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and @ others who helped... NO LUCK!.. I rebooted and the icons somehow went back to alphabetical order aligned to the left.!
Now why would you curse people trying to help?
Are you an idiot?
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Old October 26th, 2006, 09:52 PM
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Now why would you curse people trying to help?
Are you an idiot?
I hope thats a joke.. = my frustration... not cursing people here...
so please learn to comprehend that next time..
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Old October 26th, 2006, 11:14 PM
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Aclicyano... you mean even after unchecking "Auto Arrange" and "Align to Grid" your icons went back to the left in a grid??? Holy Pete!

Hey! I just realized something... have you tried to move them yet? Even after unchecking everything they will stay in the same place until you move them. Then they "should" stay where you move them to.

Guess what happened to me after unchecking "Align to Grid" to see if it worked on my machine? I rebooted and my icons were all scrambled. Aaarrgh!! Back to normal but I hate rearranging those things.

I hope you're problem is solved now... Mark
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Old October 27th, 2006, 04:20 PM
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its not... haha.. ^ I tryed EVERYTHING man...
however..
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I tryed that above and it does work (I have to do it EVERY time I boot up)

I thought u guys would know of maybe a few registry tweaks that would help..say..FORCE them to stay in place?

thanks
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Old October 27th, 2006, 05:07 PM
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Aclikyano... do you have Tweak UI? If not, go to this Link, look on the right hand side of the page, about half way down, and you'll see TweakUI.exe... download it and save to a folder then run it from there. Once it's installed on you system there will be a desktop icon. Open up the program and look all the way to the bottom on the left side. You'll see "Repair"... click on Repair and then look on the right. You'll see a dropdown menu and it should say "Rebuild Icons" in the window. If it says something else click on the arrow to the right of the window to open the dropdown menu. Selct "Rebuild Icons" and click on "Repair Now". After that right click on the desktop, hover your cursor over "Arrange Icons By" and make sure "Auto Arrange" and "Align To Grid" are unchecked. Restart your computer and when it comes back up things SHOULD be working the way you want, ie, you should be able to move your desktop icons around and have them STAY where you put them. Fingers crossed!
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Old October 27th, 2006, 06:03 PM
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the only thing that shoudl be checked, is "aligh to grid" and "show desktop icons". i have noticed something though. sometimes, just sometimes, when i open ie in maximize, it re-arranges my icons, and i have to r-arrange them back to where they were. is your user account a limited account? or admin account?
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