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desktop icons from moving #872803 03/09/13 10:34 AM 03/09/13 10:34 AM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 7,404 marietta,georgia family OP BAAG Specialist
family OP BAAG Specialist Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 7,404 marietta,georgia	everytime i play a game the desktop icons move, how do i stop it.

Re: desktop icons from moving [Re: family] #872804 03/09/13 10:40 AM 03/09/13 10:40 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,263 Arizona InlandAZ BAAG Specialist
InlandAZ BAAG Specialist Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,263 Arizona	Check you Icon settings - Right click the desktop and peruse to View. There are two settings, Auto Arrange and Align to Grid, place a check mark on each. When you start a game that plays in a resolution that's something different than your Desktop, the Icons will move.

Re: desktop icons from moving [Re: family] #872828 03/09/13 12:56 PM 03/09/13 12:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 40,644 southeast USA Jenny100 GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100 GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 40,644 southeast USA	Wasn't there a free tool that someone at GB found that would put your desktop icons back the way they were if a game rearranged them? I can't remember the name of it.

Re: desktop icons from moving [Re: Jenny100] #872854 03/09/13 02:30 PM 03/09/13 02:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 34,363 United Kingdom Mad Sonic Boomer
Mad Sonic Boomer Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 34,363 United Kingdom	Yes !! I use one for Win7 And it's free HERE [I use an older version on my Win98 and WinXP machines.] Time : The Most Precious Commodity

Re: desktop icons from moving [Re: family] #872860 03/09/13 03:13 PM 03/09/13 03:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 40,644 southeast USA Jenny100 GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100 GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 40,644 southeast USA	Thanks, Mad. That was it.

Re: desktop icons from moving [Re: family] #872867 03/09/13 03:54 PM 03/09/13 03:54 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 7,404 marietta,georgia family OP BAAG Specialist
family OP BAAG Specialist Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 7,404 marietta,georgia	thanks that work, i had to check the layout preview, and now i don't have to rearrange it everytime i play a game.

Re: desktop icons from moving [Re: family] #872888 03/09/13 07:05 PM 03/09/13 07:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,293 Rivellon T traveler Addicted Boomer
traveler Addicted Boomer T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,293 Rivellon	It drives me nutty when I have to restore the icons to the position I've chosen for them. Wahoo, a fix! Thanks from me, too! Gil. "Best not to think about it. I don't want to fall to bits 'cos of excess existential thought."

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