I back up my desktop folder (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Kolon
Skorupski\Desktop).

But if I re-image my system from a backup image, and then copy
the backed-up desktop folder over top of the re-imaged version,
how do I recover the icon locations?

Or is backing up the icon locations more trouble than it's worth?
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PeteCresswell

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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Pete,
I use the freebie Iconoid from http://www.sillysot.com/ to backup my desktop
icons. It's the only program I've ever found that reliably backs up the
exact position of the icons and restores them correctly.
hth

Per Wally <wally@(nft).invalid>:
Sounds like the locations are stored in the registry.

Am I right so far?

If so, I guess it's hopeless - since re-imaging would clobber the
registry.

Or do they somehow extract locations from the registry into a
..Reg file that can then be saved applied to some other registry?
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PeteCresswell