Re: Windows Desktop Layout

Mike Rivers <mrivers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yeah, but the desktop is more convenient. I know where everything
is and I don't have to look through a list.



By Quick Launch he means the area to the immediate right the Start
button on the taskbar. While I appreciate that your question was about
icon positioning and NOT about alternative working methods, I would
encourage you to explore that suggestion before dismissing it. It
mitigates the problem you're experiencing and has other benefits too.

I have the ten items I use most often on mine. They open with a single
click rather than double, and, most important, are visible even with
another application open full screen. If I'm working in one program and
want to do something quick in another, I don't have to minimize the
first one to get at the icon for the second.

It may not be practical to have more than a dozen or so, since it uses
taskbar real estate, but it sure is handy. I could now probably get by
fine with no icons on the desktop at all, since the ones I use every day
are on the taskbar, and it's not a big deal to go to the list for the
ones I only use when the moon is blue. I haven't done that yet though,
so one of the icons in Quick Launch is "Show Desktop" so that I can
minimize ALL open windows with one click.

To get at it, right-click anywhere on the taskbar. Uncheck "Lock the
Taskbar." Now right-click the taskbar again and click "Toolbars." Make
sure "Quick Launch" is checked. Drag icons into the Quick Launch area,
which can be resized if desired by dragging the border at its right hand
edge. When you're done adding icons and resizing, right-click the
taskbar one last time, turn on "Lock the Taskbar" and you'll have a
little "safe area" for icons!

But to address your ACTUAL QUESTION: <g>

I don't know for sure if this will work, but it only takes a minute to
try: Right-click on an empty area of the desktop and select
"Properties." Try saving a "Theme." See if that will store your icon
locations. When you want to put them back, got into Properties again
and tell it to reload that Theme.

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