Ye, so far that's the only app'n that works for desktop restore. The author deserves a contribution. I am running Vista business Is the Midiox Desktop restorer still working for you or was it short lived??
The icons always pop out of the place you've put hem in. So only Desktop Restore can put them immediately back where they belong. Just recieved help from microsoft, apparently they have a hotfix to solve the issues of re-arranging desktop icons the links is :.
I tried donwloading and installing this but kept getting an error message. May be of help to others. You may want to check which version of Vista you are running 32 or 64 bit. The hotfix you have is for 64bit. Some of you will never learn. When has MS ever found a patch for whatever messes up your your PC? After others have found it first!
Individuals and software manufacturers. If this fix would work it would prob work as good or bad as all the other tools described in this thread, with the exeption of desktop restore, which so far from all the one's that I've used does what it's supposed to do: restoring desktop positions. I've tried all the other one's, they just don't work all the time. Further to my last update, I have now managed to extract this MS Hotfix and install. However, it is still early days so will post a further update if things start re-arranging again.
As a non-technical computer user, we tend to rely upon Microsft for updates and fixes as I personally am very wary of internet fixes, especially when they advise to change registries or the need to install new software etc.
It is only from searching forums etc. If Microsoft come up with a solution, I would obviously tend to trust that as a safe source. It would seem from the posts above some more technical geeks do not have any faith in Microsft.
Looks like "John" may have to eat some 'humbe' pie on this MS fix. LOL, well yes if you consider yourself a "non-technical computer user", perhaps it's better you wait 'till MS solves "an" issue with the help of one of their own fixes for a given problem. But wait?? Is this problem of icons that don't keep their desktop positions a "at least 9 year old problem?
I hope you understand that some of us don't have the time to wait that long, so they rely on some sofware manufacturer to solve it in the meantime. And once some software fixes it, why should one revert to MS that seems to have fixed the problem too? I have 2 monitors on xp pro x86 and it doesn't restore my 28 icons and shortcuts properly. The Layout. I'm not sure what is causing the problem if its the x64 difference and what in the registry controls things… or the dual monitors.
All I know is neither the My Computer nor the Recycle Bin icons produce the added items in the right-click menu. Why bother? I've tried those "how to" b4 and yes sometimes it works. Allthough most of the time not. Unfortunately, this doesn't work on my PC for some reason. I used to use the layout. Whats discouraging is that this happens with games some times, and MS doesnt seem to have an easy way to fix the icons if it does happen.
Worked just fine. Followed instructions exactly. It did take about 30 seconds after I added the registry key before I was able to save the desktop. Once you download it, just unzip the file and move the executable to a more permanent location before you run it. The interface is very simple and that makes it very easy to use. To save your current desktop layout, just click the Save button.
The listbox below will automatically be populated with a new entry. The name will be the resolution by default and it will also record the time. Under Options, there are also quite a few other items that are worth mentioning. Firstly, Auto-Save is useful if you want to capture your desktop icon layout at set time intervals. You can also save the layout when shutting down and restore the layout when booting back up.
You can also have it always restore to a specific layout when booting up. Finally, you can set it so that DesktopOK starts when Windows starts and runs minimized in the system tray automatically.
When you want to restore a layout, just click on the layout in the listbox and then click Restore. Click Yes when asked for confirmation. Using the Layout. If the save has been successful, you should see the following message: Then, to restore your saved layout at any time, simply follow the same steps and select the Restore Desktop Icon Layout option.
Uninstalling the Layout. This entry was posted in Computers and tagged desktop , dll , icons , layout , Windows. Bookmark the permalink. Previous Post. By John Marchington July 5, - pm I downloaded layout. By Dave October 8, - pm Can this be made to work for Win7 too? By Steve October 9, - am Dave: See my update to the post above for an alternative solution for Windows 7. A right-click on the desktop does it fine.
Great work Steve! Is it possible to save a window layout in Windows XP? Ask Question. Asked 13 years ago. Active 7 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 2k times. Any ideas? Improve this question. Add a comment.
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