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• looking for a program save places of the desktop icon...

  anyone out there have a program that can save the places of the desktop icon, which works with win 7 64 bit?  I used to use IconSaver, but it does not work with win 7... and I found some that work with win 7 but not 64 bit...

  Thanks in advance :D

  Hey Thor,

  Here are some options for you to try. I have not tested these on a 64-bit system, but they should work correctly, let us know the result (initially comiled by Rob Brown/answering machine):

  Vista and Win7
  Difficulty for the desktop icons set in not getting saved after restarting Windows
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/fix-desktop-icons-layout-not-saved-restart/

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  Save and restore the desktop icon layout in Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista (Win 7) - free
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout/

  Save and restore the desktop icon Layout in Windows Vista (Win 7) - free
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-Windows-Vista/

  TIP: Right click on desktop - DISPLAY - uncheck AutoArrange and snap to grid when you want to restore
  icons or the restore will not work. You can re - check those as needed later and apply the
  Snap to grid before the auto arrange.
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  Office catering - free
  http://www.MIDIOX.com/

  Once you are on the site, you can click on "restoring the Office" to bring up the program restoration fund.

  Info
  http://www.MIDIOX.com/HTML/desktop.htm

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  Lock the post Office icons and disable right click
  http://www.techmynd.com/lock-desktop-icons-position-and-disable-right-click/

  Hope this helps,

  Steve <> Microsoft Partner

• How to lock the desktop icons in place

  original title: the desktop icons

  My icons on the desktop still moved.  How can I lock them in place?

  RT click on the desktop, sort by, is any option checked?

• the desktop icons disappear when I connect through a VPN

  On my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, SP1 system, automatic reorganization and snap to grid are unchecked.  And I don't have problems with icons on a restart.  I have problems when I access my system in my home using a VPN and the DRC.

  Sometimes when I connect, I find that most of my desktop shortcut icons have disappeared and the few remaining ones are reorganized.  It happens every time and I did not understand a common denominator as to when it occurs.

  I copied all my desktop shortcuts to a folder on a different drive if I can put them all after they disappear, but when I copy and paste them on the desktop, they do not return to the same places they were in front.  Instead, they are lined up on the grid starting at the top left and go down and creating more columns until all the icons were pasted.

  So, I have to manually, drag and drop them where I want them to be.

  Like others who interrogated him about the desktop icons, when I right click on the desktop I do not receive a "Properties" link as shown.  I'm getting , sort by view, refresh, paste & paste the shortcut, cancel deletion, New, screen resolution, Gadgets and Personalize.

  I also tried another solution that said"right-click an empty space on your desktop and Select the desktop icons.  When I right click, I get the menu described in the previous paragraph.  Then when I start to clicking on icons to highlight, the menu disappears.  If I pointed out all the icons first and then with the right button on the desktop, the menu and the highlighting disappears.

  How can lock the desktop icons?  I agree with the donor who asked a parameter for "don't mess with my desktop computer EVER.

  Hi Jane,

  Given that the problem seems to occur when you access your system from home using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) and RDC (Remote Desktop connection). I would like you to post your question in the TechNet forums for help.

  https://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home?Forum=w7itpronetworking

  Thank you

  Stephanie Podder.

• The desktop icons to change the order after reboot

  Original title: the icons on the desktop in the Land of window 8

  Hello my friends. Before entering my question, I would like to thank all those who more graciously helped me with the many difficulties that I had with my old Dell XPS 8100 Studio, running Windows 7, Service Pack One, who went from the realms of the puffy clouds, halos, and * cherubs Flyin 'around pluckin' at the age of harps. Unfortunately he succumbed to Cyber Devils and digital demons that has infected. Even after the Pixel priest to perform an Electrosisim filled with the anointing of the Holy soldering, the pose of the figures on Ctrl-Alt-Delete, an attempt to restore to an earlier time, the computer was found dead of CPU. So at 2:35 on July-11-2013 with a tear to the eye and a hand shaking, I pulled the plug on my old Dell XPS Studio 8100 paper weight for 3 years and he passed quietly in the mist of the net and internet wholesale in the cloud. :)) So now I have a new ASUS computer and it runs Windows 8, and a few things are not as they were in Windows 7 like the arrangement of the icons on the desktop. Now, in Windows 7, I could resize, change the image and place the icons where I wanted to, and as long as I box unchecked her "snap to grid" in the settings under view they would remain locked in their assigned positions. Good, assuming that the parameters for the icons were the same as they were in Windows 7 in Windows 8, I went to the subject to carefully arrange my icons. When I had finished my task, I went in the view and the box unchecked that pesky 'snap to grid' and everything seemed fine until I had the need to restart the computer. After restart my office came on the screen and I couldn't believe my eyes, all of the icons that I had planned so carefully were in their original position they were before them, I changed? I went quickly into the display and don't you know that the "Snap to grid" box was checked. I tested this confusing situation several times, and any time the results were the same? Now, once more I seeks the advice and wisdom of you Wizards of Windows and Microsoft Magi digital defenders of the net in the hope that you might have a solution to my situation. Sincerely yours, Esq. Tiffany Amber Snow "Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope"

  Hi Tiffany,

  This problem may occur if there are a few themes that are installed on the computer, which interferes with the operation of the desktop icons.

  Perform the steps mentioned below and see if it helps.

  a: Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and then click on Personalize.

  b: Then click on Change Desktop Icons option present in the upper left.

  c: uncheck the option allow themes to change desktop icons.

  d: Click apply , then Ok.

  Answer please if you have any questions.

• XP... The desktop icons will not put

  XP... The desktop icons will not put. I did a lot of research on this issue, read the different responses on many forums, including and have tried much of the recommendations... I'm not familiar with the functions of establishment of the arrangement of the desktop icon and this is the first time I met this kind of problem. "Lock Web items on desktop" is checked, "Snap to grid" is not checked (my preference, but I find that it will check mysteriously itself after the icons rearrange themselves to the left of the screen, apparently by making use of automatic reorganization, even if it is not checked), I tried securityguy14 registry change response dated December 7, 2009 , have installed and use the program "Icon restore" that changes the Recycle Bin, my computer, and another icon of office, I do not remember to add a backup/restore function for the setting icon on the desktop... is what bought me a brief period of mental health before they rearrange themselves after a few constantly unidentifable strike entered sometimes without "rhyme or reason", not unique to anything, preventing me from shrink down to a specific cause. I conducted several audits of malware with paid and free programs and there is no indication of anything invading my system, it works fine other wise. Help!

  Hello

  You can perform an upgrade in-place of Windows XP:
  How to perform an upgrade on the spot (reinstallation) of Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/978788

  Run a repair installation will not damage files and applications that are currently installed on your computer.  However, I suggest you to back up all important data on the computer before you perform the upgrade on the spot.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/312369

• The desktop icons and taskbar disappear when windows has finished starting - any of the usual things help

  I have a Windows XP Home Edition with a breath main card computer.  Replaced the Board, PS and other items.  Then re-activated windows and everything was fine.  Until the last moment, I rebooted after activating it.  I have the problem that I have seen posted in a bit.  When Windows has finished initializing all the desktop icons and task bar etc. disappear.  Nothing works.

  I can bring up the Task Manager and manually run programs, etc.

  Believe me when I say I spent reviewing EACH reference to this problem... Yes 5 days and counting... Tried them all.

  I also tried a repair of windows in place which ends without any problem (twice)... but still no icons or taskbar.  I also ran several controls of virus, including one for the virus, which is usually the cause of this problem.  (fsnimda3.exe), I tried all the ideas in another thread (page 9) and many other institutions.  Before I did the reconstruction of the material I've cloned the original hard drive and have used the disc cloned juggling his original for the back.  Even tried to reinstall the old disk and do a comparison of sector by sector, in the case where my cloning process missed something.  In the 30 years I've been in the computer business I have never had a re - format a hard drive to solve a problem.  BUT I think it will break my record.

  I'm doing this as a favor for a friend.  But at this point our friendship is really put to the test

  Hello

  This thread has been created in wrong forum; Microsoft moderation team has moved this thread to the system repair and recovery forum.

• Change the desktop icons

  How can I change the desktop icons, such as the Recycle Bin and MyComputer?

  I know that you can... but ive tried looking in the right place, but I'm not: S

  How can I change the desktop icons, such as the Recycle Bin and MyComputer?

  I know that you can... but ive tried looking in the right place, but I'm not: S

  Please visit the website: http://kmjha4u.blogspot.com/ and click on the LIVE CHAT icon to solve your problem. K M JAI Support general (INDIA)

• How can I prevent the desktop icons move arround whenever a different profile is open?

  We have windows vista with 2 user profiles that are the main ones used.

  How can I add/remove/move the desktop icons on my profile without moving/remove on the profile of other people?

  What is the point of having 2 different profiles, so everything I do on my effects profile profile of others?

  also is it possible to add/remove programs (games, downloads) without doing the same for the other profile of people?

  Hi JexterMaxim,

  1. what type of user accounts that you use?
  2. don't you log on as an administrator?
  3. don't you make changes to the agreement of the issue occur?

  When you install a program, you will need to select the installation option in particular only to user accounts. Not in user accounts. You can try the following steps.

  Desktop shortcuts are stored in one of two places:
  (a) in c:\Users\Public\Desktop. These shortcuts are shared and are visible to the user ever.
  (b) in c:\Users\UserName\Desktop. These shortcuts are not shared and are visible to the user.

  When you right click on a shortcut, and then click general, then you can see where this particular shortcut is stored.

  To make a shortcut of the group a) visible to yourself, do this method:
  a. drag the shortcut to the side with the right button of the mouse.
  b. Select "copy". You have now two seemingly identical shortcuts.
  c. delete the original shortcut.

• Can I customize the desktop icons using my own photos / / photos? And how?

  Can I customize the desktop icons using my own photos / / photos? And how?

  * original title - customize the stock icons? And how? *

  Take the pix you want to use and convert to ICO file type.

  Image Converter online free
  http://www.coolutils.com/online/image-converter/

  Place the pix that results in a Windows folder. Right click on a shortcut. Properties | Change icon and navigate to the folder and select the ICO pix you want to use.

  If the original size of the pix is too big for what it work, you can make them smaller before changing to an ICO with this free tool, unless you already have a program for resizing.

  PIX Resizer
  http://BlueFive.pair.com/PixResizer.htm

• The desktop icons move after reboot

  original title: the desktop icons

  I have Windows 7 and when I manually move some icons on the left side of the screen to the right of the screen... they stay there.  I entered the office properties and click on the appropriate buttons.  Everything's fine until I restart the computer.  The strange thing is that only a couple of icons that were positioned on the right side are now on the left side.  I and then pull them to the right and everything is OK until the next reboot and we start over again.  What I am doing wrong?

  Thank you

  Tom

  Hi tom sk,.

  Thank you for using Microsoft Windows forum.

  Check if "Auto Arrange icons" is enabled.

  If so, uncheck it and move icons, restart the computer and check.

  Your Antivirus software could be parasitic. Try temporarily disable you security software and check.

  If the problem persists, install a third-party program in windows that govern funds layout and positions for your that you can restore it later.

  See the link below
  http://www.troublefixers.com/solved-desktop-icons-original-position-change-or-lost-in-Windows-7/
  
  NOT MS. LINK:
  Important note: this response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there. There are the dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

  Hope this has helped
  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft Support

• The desktop icons don't "Refresh" copied or deleted

  This a problem that just started. There are two scenerios:
  1 copy or create a new icon on the desktop, however, it does not appear there. Yet when I go to Windows Explorer and navigate to my desktop folder, the file is there. The only time I can get the icon to appear, or 'Refresh' is when I restart the computer.
  2. I have delete a file on the desktop, however, it is simply there. When I try to delete it again, he says that the file does not exist.

  I think it's just a case of something to is not refreshing the desktop icons when these actions take place.

  Hi HarrisonHodgkins,

  See if updating the video card drivers helps. It works in some cases.

  If not, perform a clean boot and see if this is caused by a third-party software.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

• eject the camera when no disk on the desktop icon

  How to eject my camera after that import photos into iPhoto, when there is no disc on the desktop icon and not eject from the menu file finder?

  Ed,

  Read the excellent advice provided by leonie in how "eject you" a camera or such a device of the photos app after import?

  

• Some of the desktop icons have expanded themselves how to reverse this trend?

  Some of the desktop icons have expanded themselves how to reverse this trend?

  The first thing to try is to right click on your desktop > view > click medium icons and see what happens. You can also try small

• Acer laptop: the desktop icons used open in Windows 10

  The desktop icons will not open in Windows 10.  I get the menu drop-down-directed by the word 'View', but the word 'Open' is nowhere in it!   Please, please, help. Thank you.

  Hello @JoeBuzu,

  Welcome to the HP Forums!

  I read your message of not being able to open applications from the desktop and tried to tender hand for you.

  As it is a problem with your Acer laptop, not an HP product, you want tender hand to Acer support for this issue.

  Thank you for being a part of the community of HP.