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Old 11-25-2011, 05:21 PM
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Desktop icons still moving around.Auto arrange is not checked. I installed Desktop Restorer which worked for a while,then developed a mined of it's own. How can i fix this problem once and for all?
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Desktops ARE a mind of their own...
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Try to create another user name in Control Panel, see if it behaves the same. If it works, then move files over from the old account and delete it.
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Try to create another user name in Control Panel, see if it behaves the same. If it works, then move files over from the old account and delete it.
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Desktop icons still moving around.Auto arrange is not checked. I installed Desktop Restorer which worked for a while,then developed a mined of it's own. How can i fix this problem once and for all?
PC: Vista 64Bit
Laptop: Windows 7 64Bit.
Did you run a localized sub space scan?
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429 Benz - I suspect you've been down this road - but will suggest anyway.

Google turned up a number of hits on "vista desktop icons moving around".
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And the apple desktop is essentially a mixture of windows and linux features gone wrong.
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In what Parallel Universe?

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