Using a HD and a TV, Wont hold icons where I put them

Im running Vista, I am allso using a 22' Tv and monitor my Tv as my main monitor I keep my icons and the bar on the 2nd (Ary) monitor so I can watch tv, movies and play games on the HD monitor/Tv... But when I turn on the (TV) or turn them both off during the night, they are all back to the aspect of HD TV... Please its driving me crazy having to keep and hide all the time! ANY IDEAS?

Hi Tripper6669,

Try to change the registry value for the registry key below mentioned and check if this may help.

If Windows media center is open, close it and then try the following steps.

a. Click Start, type regedit in the search box and press ENTER.

b. navigate to the

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TMM\

(c) in the right side of the screen click on the right button UseIViewHelper

d. set the value of the "UseIViewHelper" value to 0 (from 1 to 0 (c)

e. exit the registry editor and restart the computer and check.

Important: The above mentioned steps show you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, follow the steps from the link below:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/back-up-the-registry

Hope this information is useful.

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