How can I lock desktop icons?

Anonymous
2009-12-08T03:27:27+00:00

I am unable to LOCK the icon items on my desktop. I have clicked right on the desktop and via properties checked lock items, yet they are easily moved and NOT locked. I've tried locking them thru 'Appearances and Themes', yet they will NOT lock. How can I get them to stop moving around and stay put by locking. Any help would be graciously appreciated. And, no I am not changing my resolution which I know moves them.

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Anonymous
2009-12-08T12:17:08+00:00

Hi there,have you tried this?Right click an empty space on your desktop,highlight desktop icons,place a check  on 'lock icons in place' and uncheck'auto arrange,?

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-05-26T18:21:08+00:00

    The solution posted by securityguy14 worked for me, also.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

    "NoSaveSettings"=hex(3):00,00,00,00

    To be safe, I exported HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ and called it noSaveSettingsRestore.reg

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-05-11T03:27:43+00:00

    I can confirm for you that securityguys first answer does indeed work fine with no problems. The registry edit he suggested works fine.... just make sure you write it out without the spaces between the "windows registery edit" starts. as in it should look like

    windows....

    [HKEY...

    and not

         Windows...

    [HKEY..

    so no space between the side of the document and and the first text... (no tab space)

    or else when you go to merge it, it wont work. (wont do anything bad, just says it cant be merged)... thats the problem i had with it.... but i can confirm it does work... thanks securityguy

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-05-10T13:20:33+00:00

    This is more out of curiosity than anything else - Why do we have to hassle with this anyway?  What is the logic that supports arbitrarily changing your icon arrangement when you use your laptop or any PC as any normal person would?  Who came up with that idea?  And if this automatic re-shuffling of your icons can be disabled, why is it such a big mystery as to how to do that?  Also, what exactly does "Lock Web Items on Desktop" mean?  What is a "Web Item"?  I'm not an idiot.  I got a CS degree 30 years ago and have been writing code ever since.  It's just the logic of this whole issue evades me.

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