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W4.5 Desktop icon position
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john...@nospam.com.au
Nov 27, 2019, 12:21:46 AM11/27/19
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My Desktop icons were once where I wanted them (in columns according to my
classification), but an unexplained catastrophe changed all that.
Current desktop settings are Sort = Name, and Arrange = Standard. This is how
they appear after each reboot.
However, this conflicts with the setting View = As placed.
There seems to be no option to not sort or arrange.
I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
them in place.
What did I do wrong?
How can I correct it?
classification), but an unexplained catastrophe changed all that.
Current desktop settings are Sort = Name, and Arrange = Standard. This is how
they appear after each reboot.
However, this conflicts with the setting View = As placed.
There seems to be no option to not sort or arrange.
I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
them in place.
What did I do wrong?
How can I correct it?
Andreas Schnellbacher
Nov 27, 2019, 6:28:12 PM11/27/19
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On 27.11.19 06:06, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
> I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
> from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
> them in place.
Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for
> I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
> from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
> them in place.
your desktop?
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Andreas Schnellbacher
john...@nospam.com.au
Nov 29, 2019, 2:37:43 PM11/29/19
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allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".
Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
arrangement upon reboot.
The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.
Right click> "Lock in place" does not.
Dave Yeo
Nov 30, 2019, 1:30:36 AM11/30/19
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you cleaned your ini files lately? Here with your settings, icons stay
where they should, at least until I upgrade the OS, which does seem to
cause problems.
Dave
Andreas Schnellbacher
Nov 30, 2019, 2:52:11 PM11/30/19
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On 30.11.19 07:30, Dave Yeo wrote:
> On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
>> Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
>> arrangement upon reboot.
> On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
>> Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
>> arrangement upon reboot.
> Have you "Save Desktop properties" checked under the Desktop tab?
That was also my guess.
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Andreas Schnellbacher
john...@nospam.com.au
Dec 4, 2019, 12:57:10 AM12/4/19
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In <qrt2ab$pv7$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Dave Yeo <dave....@gmail.com> writes:
>On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
>> In <qrn0qc$2ec$1...@news.albasani.net>, Andreas Schnellbacher <as...@despammed.com> writes:
>>> On 27.11.19 06:06, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
>>>> from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
>>>> them in place.
>>> Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for
>>> your desktop?
>>>
>> Yes; deactivating it changes the icon arrangement to another unhelpful one, but
>> allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".
>>
>> Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
>> arrangement upon reboot.
>>
>> The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
>> None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.
>>
>> Right click> "Lock in place" does not.
>>
>>
>
>Have you "Save Desktop properties" checked under the Desktop tab? YES
>On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
>> In <qrn0qc$2ec$1...@news.albasani.net>, Andreas Schnellbacher <as...@despammed.com> writes:
>>> On 27.11.19 06:06, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
>>>> from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
>>>> them in place.
>>> Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for
>>> your desktop?
>>>
>> Yes; deactivating it changes the icon arrangement to another unhelpful one, but
>> allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".
>>
>> Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
>> arrangement upon reboot.
>>
>> The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
>> None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.
>>
>> Right click> "Lock in place" does not.
>>
>>
>
Have you cleaned your ini files lately? YES
Here with your settings, icons stay where they should. YES
I guess I will just have to put up with what I have got.
wbstc...@gmail.com
Dec 18, 2019, 10:54:30 AM12/18/19
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