Stupid question: How do you lock the icon's position?

TheSmJTheSmJ
edited October 2003 in Science & Tech
On my Win XP desktop, I have the icons arranged in a certin way.

The problem is: Every time I change the resolution (say, for a game) and change back, all the icons move. :banghead:

I know there must be some way to lock the icon's position on the desktop. Could someone please tell me what I'm missing here?

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    I have the same aggrivating problem with BF1942.....
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    You could try: Right click on desktop -> "Arrange icons by" -> "Lock web items on desktop"
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2003
    Does that effect icons, as well as "web items"?

    /me goes and tries...
    EDIT: Nope. :bawling:
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Well I dunno. Has never happened to me when I had my icons arranged :(
  • Mr_BojinglesMr_Bojingles Northern Michigan New
    edited October 2003
    Yep, i have the same annoying problem when i adjust my moniter to match my tv resolution for my tv-out. If there was only a solution...
  • CyrixInsteadCyrixInstead Stoke-on-Trent, England Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    prime, I had that problem with bf1942 as well. I discovered that if f@h is running the problem occurrs, usually with the game minimising between load screens.

    Shutting down folding for the duration of the game solved it.

    ~Cyrix
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    that's weird because I am not running folding when I play it. I shut it off before I even start.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2003
    CyrixInstead had this to say
    prime, I had that problem with bf1942 as well. I discovered that if f@h is running the problem occurrs, usually with the game minimising between load screens.

    Shutting down folding for the duration of the game solved it.

    ~Cyrix

    That makes no sense. How could F@H have anything to do with icons?

    When I get back from school I'll look into 3rd party apps that lock icon positions.

    I mean something has to, if everyone with arranged icons is having this problem....:wtf:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2003
    My icons never move. I dont know what you guys are doing tho. The only time they change is when I manually change the res.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited October 2003
    you have to create an HTML page with your icons on it arranged the way you want then you set the page as your background... Its a total pain in the backend but thats the only way I know that it can be done..

    Gobbles
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited October 2003
    THIS app (the one just below TweakXP) would work. I don’t think it restores icon positions automatically, but it's better than nothing. I haven’t been able to try it because I'm still at school ATM.

    I'll keep looking...
  • CyrixInsteadCyrixInstead Stoke-on-Trent, England Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    TheSmJ had this to say

    That makes no sense. How could F@H have anything to do with icons?

    Sorry SmJ, it wasn't explained very clearly.

    What was happening was that if I had Folding running when I loaded up bf1942, bf1942 would keep minimizing to the taskbar. When I maximized it it would be ok again (maybe sometimes minimize once or twice more).

    Then, when I selected a map to play on and it started loading, the game would again minimize. I maximize, it minimizes, I max... etc etc. Basically I wouldn't be able to get into the game itself.

    Then, after doing this about 7 or 8 times, bf1942 would abruptly shut itself down (with no warning/error), and the icons would move as described by you earlier.

    I narrowed it down to folding, and think that because bf1942 is a big game requiring much processing power, and Folding is heavy on the PC, my system just couldn't cope and bf1942 would be shut down????

    All I know is that without folding running, bf1942 runs fine. My post was more in response to prime's post than to yours - sorry!! :doh:

    //edit - Oh, and prime, I haven't a clue why the game would do that then :confused:

    ~Cyrix
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited October 2003
    I use this little package of one .reg file and a .dll. Works fine in 9.x but if I recall it was part of the extra NT tools on the install CD(?). I don't remember. It could work and it's easy to undo.

    Cheers!!
    :D
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