Desktop icons and their position

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Dear All,

Does anyone knows where Windows XP
stores the position of each desktop icon on the desktop?
so that i will be able to make a backup of their positions
in the rear event all icons line up on the left side of the desktop.

Thanking you in advance,
Carlos.

 

[Rock]

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Carlos Martinez wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone knows where Windows XP
> stores the position of each desktop icon on the desktop?
> so that i will be able to make a backup of their positions
> in the rear event all icons line up on the left side of the desktop.
>
> Thanking you in advance,
> Carlos.
>
>

Use the edit from Kelly's site at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 188: Add Save & Restore Desktop Layout to Menu

This will add two entries to the right click menu that's displayed when
right clicking on a blank area of the desktop - one to save the layout
and one to restore it.

See the top of the page for info on running the edit.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

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Desktop Layout is saved here...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:urFMIBqsFHA.4052@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Carlos Martinez <carlos777mart@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone knows where Windows XP
> stores the position of each desktop icon on the desktop?
> so that i will be able to make a backup of their positions
> in the rear event all icons line up on the left side of the desktop.
>
> Thanking you in advance,
> Carlos.

 

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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 13:40:54 -0600 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Wesley Vogel favored us with...
> Desktop Layout is saved here...
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop

Great tip -- thanks!

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http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa-
days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child

 

[frodo]

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Carlos Martinez <carlos777mart@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,

> Does anyone knows where Windows XP
> stores the position of each desktop icon on the desktop?
> so that i will be able to make a backup of their positions
> in the rear event all icons line up on the left side of the desktop.

there's a util/hack out there for doing this exactly, look here:

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?s=f96faa9ec61000daae2402d709c39f4d&act=Attach&type=post&id=11269&index=0&mid=0

[the hack adds two right-click items to My Computer, Save Desktop Layout
and Restore Desktop Layout.]

this same/similar hack is avail in many places, just google for layout.dll