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From: Twayne on 29 May 2010 10:27
In news:c7Odnc9hOvRdHp3RnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d(a)giganews.com,
Anthony Buckland <anthonybucklandnospam(a)telus.net> typed:
> "Bobbi" <bobbi(a)example.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ef6diKb$KHA.3176(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Occasionally there's an event which causes my desktop
>> icons to be rearranged and resized, such as plugging in a
>> monitor with differnt characteristics. Is there a way to
>> save the icon layout, size and other characteristics so
>> that it can be easily restored when the original monitor
>> is attached, rather than manually dragging each one back?
>> -Bobbi

Yes, there is. Check with Google - there are lots of 3rd party apps that
will remember the desktop layout and re-establish it for you.

>
> Some time ago, I resolved that I would accept alphabetic
> arrangement rather than spend time on clever sorting by
> function, etc. Then a quick "arrange icons by name"
> will recover from any rearrangement event. I have renamed
> a few icons so that arrange-by-name will put birds of a
> feather together.



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