Icons have a mind of themselves!

2007-03-20 17:00:59

#1

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7308|Alberta, Canada

Ok, what gives. I'm getting tired of this.
I have arranged my icons nice and neatly. All my icons in one line, and my gaming icons jammed down in a corner.

Perfect!

Everytime I press witch user, then log back on after my parents have been on, they seem to move where-ever they want to. Most of my gaming ones move beside my straight line of icons, but the other half of them stay.

Is there any fix for this? I have Windows XP Media Center.

2007-03-20 17:02:09

#2

An Enlarged Liver: Member; +35|7208|Backward Ass Kansas

If you want your icons to stay in the same place, buy a mac.

2007-03-20 17:02:34

#3

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7062|Seattle

An Enlarged Liver wrote:
If you want your icons to stay in the same place, buy a mac.

Notice he said "game" icons? Yeah, those work much better on a pc

Try using the free registry checker in ccleaner (ccleaner.com)

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2007-03-20 17:50:09

#4

Havok: Nymphomaniac Treatment Specialist; +302|7140|Florida, United States

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/HavokMaster/ArrangeIcons.jpg

Make sure the "Auto Arrange" is unchecked. That's all I can guess...

2007-03-20 18:11:25

#5

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6904|King Of The Islands

Yeah they run around a bit, though I never seem to have a problem

The best I can suggest is instead of shortcuts on the desktop (which need to gather their target and icons on startup), is use menus on the Taskbar, like a second Start Menu.

To do this,
- Make a folder in My Documents (or elsewhere) for game shortcuts, such as 'Games'.
- Then right-click the Taskbar and go Toolbars > New Toolbar... and go to your folder.
- Jam it next to the clock.
- Done deal.

One Games menu to-go. Icons and targets are only loaded once you access the menu.

Its what I use:

https://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3558/untitled1zs9.th.jpg

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-03-20 18:58:33

#6

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7308|Alberta, Canada

Cheez wrote:
Yeah they run around a bit, though I never seem to have a problem

The best I can suggest is instead of shortcuts on the desktop (which need to gather their target and icons on startup), is use menus on the Taskbar, like a second Start Menu.

To do this,
- Make a folder in My Documents (or elsewhere) for game shortcuts, such as 'Games'.
- Then right-click the Taskbar and go Toolbars > New Toolbar... and go to your folder.
- Jam it next to the clock.
- Done deal.

One Games menu to-go. Icons and targets are only loaded once you access the menu.

Its what I use:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3558 … zs9.th.jpg

Good idea, thanks man. +1

2007-03-20 20:18:45

#7

cospengle: Member; +140|6952|Armidale, NSW, Australia

I had this happen before on my old PC. I think I fixed it by right clicking the desktop and clicking on Refresh. I think that saves the location of the icons. I know you shouldn't have to but it's worth a try.

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