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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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-16T20:07:42+00:00

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

    This worked beautifully in our forum - but do you know exactly what it does?  The key does not appear in my own Win 7.  What do the four 0 settings control?

    in IT wording "hex(3):00,00,00,00" is related to a double word (2*2=4 bytes) of zero values. This data equals zero for the single setting (registry value) NoSaveSettings, meaning that the data is FALSE (not TRUE). So the system DOES save the icon layout upon change resolution for the value (this logical statement is a double negation).

    Hope this clarify.

    Cheers from France

    The reason I asked is that the double word would usually be given type REG_DWORD. The 'hex' array is unusual.

    So I wondered why REG_DWORD 0 was expressed that way.  My guess was that there are actually separate things controlled by the 4 bytes..

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-16T19:21:03+00:00

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

    This worked beautifully in our forum - but do you know exactly what it does?  The key does not appear in my own Win 7.  What do the four 0 settings control?

    in IT wording "hex(3):00,00,00,00" is related to a double word (2*2=4 bytes) of zero values. This data equals zero for the single setting (registry value) NoSaveSettings, meaning that the value is FALSE (not TRUE). So the system DOES save the icon layout upon change resolution for the value (this logical statement is a double negation).

    Hope this clarifies.

    Cheers from France

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-08-16T17:02:51+00:00

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

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

    This worked beautifully in our forum - but do you know exactly what it does?  The key does not appear in my own Win 7.  What do the four 0 settings control?

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-28T00:09:40+00:00

    Windows Loses Icon Positions 95, 98, NT, ME, XP, Vista, &  7.

    I don't think it's malware.  It's just Microsoft stupidity.  They have not only had this problem since Windows 95, but it's still present in Windows 7.  Windows 8 is going to be a disaster by hiding even simpler features like the start button! (Yes, how dumb can you get!?) expect it to just get worse.  Microsoft is too (* lame *) to fix something as +> simple <+ as preserving icon position when the screen resolution changes, or when adding  a second monitor.  If they were really smart, they'd fix what they have, but they're bent on creating batches of new problems by tweaking the entire interface.

    Anyway, you have to use a 3rd party tool. 

    http://majorgeeks.com/Iconoid_d723.html

    I had to log in using Internet Exploder since this site can't handle Chrome for some reason.

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