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,?
How can I lock desktop icons?
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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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2011-01-17T23:36:15+00:00 Lock desktop items in place.... I do not see that in Win 7... ANYWHERE...
Are you guys sure that you are talking Win 7 with that "lock desktop.." stuff? Only previous versions have that...
All that I get is the option for Personalization and Change Desktop. Nothing about locking icons. I did find the item about allowing themes to change icons.
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2011-02-19T05:36:35+00:00 I did this a long time ago, and it still doesn't work 2 years later. A lot of the proposals were just too complicated for me to follow or I couldn't see choices that were mentioned. Ah well some of life's annoyances just must be endured. Thanks.
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2011-03-01T16:51:52+00:00 I have tried this, lets see if it works for me, because I often access my desktop thru a remote session, and that's what messes my icons up...
Besides creating the .reg file, i also doubleclicked on it and got it added to the registry without a reboot.
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2011-05-04T14:35:39+00:00 What do you mean by "highlight desktop icons"? And, where is 'lock icons in place'? I just see 'lock web items in place'. I have tried all the suggestions except Security Guy's, and none work. If I change the size of icons in Appearance in Properties, all my icons move to the left. I enjoy changing my Desktop's appearance periodically, and also have my icons stay around the edge of the screen in groups where I can find one quickly. Doesn't appear to be possible on XP? Thanks.
Actually it is possible to have Windows XP to save the position of the icons, the registry edit that I listed above tells the system to save the placement of icons
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None of these fixes have worked for me - I've done both the registry file and the desktop properties check box but all the icons are back on the left when I reboot next morning.