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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2012-08-19T13:31:10+00:00 Yes it is. After right click, go to "view".
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2012-08-16T22:08:46+00:00 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..
I agree . You can see above my comment about this (May 27, 2012). Here below is an extract:
"I did create two Registry values manually (see below), as the import of your .reg file did not create the value in my Registry, even after cleaning the extra spaces as mentioned else where.
Finally, the Registry export in my case is the following, slightly diffrent from yours:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
“NoSaveSettings”==dword:000000001"
So the hex thing should be related to Windows 9X or any prior system dealing with Regedit V3 maybe V4 format.
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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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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