Preserving positions of icons during resolution change

My Vista laptop and my Win 7 desktop PC both suffer from icons rearranging
themselves if the screen resolution changes.

On the laptop, the resolution is automatically lowered if I connect the
laptop to an external screen (eg TV or projector that has a maximum
resolution of 1024x768 instead of the laptop's native resolution of
1280x800).

On the desktop, the resolution changes if I connect to it using LogMeIn to
access it (via my laptop) when I'm away from home.

Is there a way of saving the positions of icons so they can be automatically
restored to the required grouping and arrangement if they get changed as a
consequence of the resolution automatically changing, to save me having to
drag them back to the places that I prefer by comparison with a saved
screenshot?

For some reason, the rearrangement of icons doesn't happen every time the
resolution changes; most times the icons are simply not displayed if they
are off the edge of the lower-resolution screen but then are displayed in
the same places as before once the resolution is returned to its normal
value.

Mortimer wrote:
> My Vista laptop and my Win 7 desktop PC both suffer from icons
> rearranging themselves if the screen resolution changes.
>
> On the laptop, the resolution is automatically lowered if I connect the
> laptop to an external screen (eg TV or projector that has a maximum
> resolution of 1024x768 instead of the laptop's native resolution of
> 1280x800).
>
> On the desktop, the resolution changes if I connect to it using LogMeIn
> to access it (via my laptop) when I'm away from home.
>
> Is there a way of saving the positions of icons so they can be
> automatically restored to the required grouping and arrangement if they
> get changed as a consequence of the resolution automatically changing,
> to save me having to drag them back to the places that I prefer by
> comparison with a saved screenshot?
>
> For some reason, the rearrangement of icons doesn't happen every time
> the resolution changes; most times the icons are simply not displayed if
> they are off the edge of the lower-resolution screen but then are
> displayed in the same places as before once the resolution is returned
> to its normal value.

Try this program from StarDock called Fences. It allows you to save
your icon locations based on the resolution of your screen, as well as
setting up "fences" where certain icons can be placed. there are more
things it can do, but if you're interested you can get it here:

http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

There is a free and paid version, the Pro version is worth the $20 they
are asking for it.

--

Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Postbox 3.0.2
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:43:49 PM

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:07:57 -0000, "Mortimer" <> wrote:

>My Vista laptop and my Win 7 desktop PC both suffer from icons rearranging
>themselves if the screen resolution changes.
>
>On the laptop, the resolution is automatically lowered if I connect the
>laptop to an external screen (eg TV or projector that has a maximum
>resolution of 1024x768 instead of the laptop's native resolution of
>1280x800).
>
>On the desktop, the resolution changes if I connect to it using LogMeIn to
>access it (via my laptop) when I'm away from home.
>
>Is there a way of saving the positions of icons so they can be automatically
>restored to the required grouping and arrangement if they get changed as a
>consequence of the resolution automatically changing, to save me having to
>drag them back to the places that I prefer by comparison with a saved
>screenshot?
>
>For some reason, the rearrangement of icons doesn't happen every time the
>resolution changes; most times the icons are simply not displayed if they
>are off the edge of the lower-resolution screen but then are displayed in
>the same places as before once the resolution is returned to its normal
>value.

All free stuff...

Save and Restore Desktop Icon Layout in Windows Vista
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

Desktop Restore
http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http...toprestore.htm

Il giorno Tue 13 Dec 2011 11:07:57p, *Mortimer* inviava su
alt.windows7.general il messaggio
newsf-. Vediamo cosa
scrisse:

> Is there a way of saving the positions of icons so they can be
> automatically restored to the required grouping and arrangement if
> they get changed as a consequence of the resolution automatically
> changing, to save me having to drag them back to the places that I
> prefer by comparison with a saved screenshot?
>
>

DesktopOK

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"Ammammata" <> wrote in message
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> Il giorno Tue 13 Dec 2011 11:07:57p, *Mortimer* inviava su
> alt.windows7.general il messaggio
> newsf-. Vediamo cosa
> scrisse:
>
>> Is there a way of saving the positions of icons so they can be
>> automatically restored to the required grouping and arrangement if
>> they get changed as a consequence of the resolution automatically
>> changing, to save me having to drag them back to the places that I
>> prefer by comparison with a saved screenshot?
>>
>>
>
> DesktopOK

Thanks. I'll investigate that.

In message <pf->, Mortimer
<> writes:
>My Vista laptop and my Win 7 desktop PC both suffer from icons
>rearranging themselves if the screen resolution changes.
[]
>Is there a way of saving the positions of icons so they can be
>automatically restored to the required grouping and arrangement if they
>get changed as a consequence of the resolution automatically changing,
>to save me having to drag them back to the places that I prefer by
>comparison with a saved screenshot?
[]
Lots of them - iconoid (http://www.sillysot.com/) works for me.
(I fear EZdesk - which has worked on everything from '95 on - doesn't
seem to work on 7; it installs and appears to run, but nothing seems to
happen.)
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