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Lock/Unlock (active) desktop items does not work
Posted by basa on October 27th, 2005


Hi all,
There is an option that I'm aware of and want to use, but it doesn't work:
Locking or unlocking the (active) desktop items can normally be done by
either
(1) the context menu "Arrange Icons By" and then "lock items on desktop", or
(2) desktop properties; desktop; "customize desktop"; "web" tab; "lock
desktop items".
Unfortunately, it turns out this has no effect on the actual desktop items:
they remain unmoveable! Not even the gray border that appears when they are
moveable appears.
This is the case with all types of (simple) html or text documents, local or
remote, and combinations of other options such as "Auto Arrange" and "align
to grid".
Does anybody have any clue how this could happen, and better: how I can fix
it?
Thanks in advance.
--
&basa;


Posted by basa on October 27th, 2005


Sorry, never mind!
I just discovered the post from Noozer at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...=en-us&m=1&p=1

It's weird, but it works.

Thanks for reading me,
&basa;

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"basa" <basa> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> There is an option that I'm aware of and want to use, but it doesn't work:
> Locking or unlocking the (active) desktop items can normally be done by
> either
> (1) the context menu "Arrange Icons By" and then "lock items on desktop",
> or
> (2) desktop properties; desktop; "customize desktop"; "web" tab; "lock
> desktop items".
> Unfortunately, it turns out this has no effect on the actual desktop
> items: they remain unmoveable! Not even the gray border that appears when
> they are moveable appears.
> This is the case with all types of (simple) html or text documents, local
> or remote, and combinations of other options such as "Auto Arrange" and
> "align to grid".
> Does anybody have any clue how this could happen, and better: how I can
> fix it?
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> &basa;
>
>




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