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Restoring Desktop Layouts
Posted by Louigi on April 2nd, 2006


Anybody know where I can find the (applet?) that adds the ability to save
and/or restore desktop (icon) layouts into the "recycle bin"? Beleive it may
be in a Service Pack but can't find it!

Posted by Wesley Vogel on April 2nd, 2006


[[Icons - Lock on Desktop
"In Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP you can lock down the position of the
Desktop icons using a couple of files from the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource
Kit.]]
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_i.htm

[[Microsoft's Layout.dll (free) file, which is included in the Windows NT
Resource Kit, can be installed on Windows 2000 and XP systems. This adds the
Save Desktop Icon Layout and Restore Desktop Icon Layout options to the
pop-up menus associated with system icons like the Recycle Bin and My
Computer. It's a bare-bones solution that lacks the useful frills found in
EzDesk, but it gets the job done.]]
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1593475,00.asp

zipped layout.dll direct download..
http://www.nthelp.com/proggy/layout.zip

[[Make Desktop Icons Stay in Place
1. Download the zip file that comes from the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.
Don't worry! It'll work with your Windows XP machine.
2. Copy the files in the .zip file onto the desktop. Then place Layout.dll
in your WINDOWS\System32 directory.
3. After the layout.dll is in the right directory, double click on the
layout.reg file.
4. Right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. You should see two
new commands: Save Desktop Icon Layout and Restore Desktop Icon Layout.
Use them to save and restore your icon arrangement. ]]
http://www.wxpnews.com/index.cfm?id=52

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:F78C13CE-1DF1-483F-87C1-30CCCBE2D85D@microsoft.com,
Louigi <Louigi@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:

Posted by Louigi on April 4th, 2006


Thanks Wesley - UDaMan!

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Posted by Wesley Vogel on April 4th, 2006


Keep having fun. :-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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