Does anyone know how to stop the desktop icons changing positions when changing users in XP. This has just started to happen and all settings are identical i.e align to grid, display properties etc:
XP Desktop Icons Thanks for the tip and download link, unfortuneately my icons still move after switching identities after downloading the fix
Thats happening cos each account has a separate desktop folder. if you login as administrator you should be able to look at the folders in Documents and Settings. Each of those folders has a hidden file called 'desktop.ini' that contains info about where and howthe icons are arranged etc. Unhide hidden files and file extensions in Folder Options in Control panel, then copy one ini to the other desktop folder.
Nice reply venu, I remember a member good few months back that made a script to delete desktop.ini files. for the life of me I couldn't understand why I knew what desktop.ini files do and for all the space they take up
Thanks for that but after revealing files I cannot find the "desktop.ini" extension in any user a/c desktop settings........could that be the problem and if so where do I get it Cheeers for the advice
Logon into your account. 1.In any Windows Explorer window, click Tools → Folder Options… 2.Click on the View tab. 3.Uncheck radio button next to “Do not show hidden files and folders”. 4.Uncheck box next to “Hide protected operating system files (recommended)”. 5.Click OK That'll show up the desktop.ini for that user, copy and paste into other users desktop.
Thanks, done that and hidden files are shown ie NATUSER Dat File and ntuser.dat but definitely no "destop.ini". Any more suggestions......Cheers
Give this a shot. In regedit, go to this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Right-click on ShowSuperHidden and select Modify. Change the value to 1 and click OK to save your changes. Also SuperHidden:REG_DWORD:1-enable Then, take a look in your user folder or check desktop.
Found out that this is a glitch in XP which Microsoft have rectified in Windows 7..........but there is a solution............if anyone else has this trouble download a freeware program call ICONOID. Instal and set it up to save the desktop, hide when running and everything is hunky dory (has to be set up on each user)........and then the best thing to do is create a short cut in every users start up file so it works automatically. I have been running it for a week now and it definitely works THANKS to everyone who tried to sort it for me