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
    2011-12-06T02:11:34+00:00

    hi it still wont work for me?why

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-05T13:49:53+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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    Will this registry edit also work when you are changing resolutions?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-30T21:23:23+00:00

    I would like top reopen this thread if i can. i have a Windows XP desktop, with a widescreen monitor.  I like to keep some of the icons at the far right of the screen.  Periodically my daughter logs in as a 2nd user and when I switch users back to myself the far right icons have moved left as if to line up with a non-widescreen monitor.  I successfully added the suggested lines to the registry and rebooted, but it has made no difference - the icons still move.  Any suggestions?

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-03T11:20:43+00:00

    Hello Everyone,

    Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Community site. In an effort to focus more attention on your particular situation, it would be best if you were to post into a new thread. Posting new threads is done to mitigate confusion caused by more than one posting about similar topics, allowing us to focus on each customer individually

    Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Community site.

    You can post your new question here.

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