rebellious icons
Thanks - both problems solved. I hovered the cursor over the clock and the spanner appeared, reminding me of what I did the first time. I downloaded the little programme to keep the icons in place and after re-starting they came back repeatedly in their desired places. So both irritants have gone away.
Many thanks to everyone.
However, your replies raised another highly relevant question. Why do I need icons, anyway? The only ones I ever use are those for Word, Firefox, Spybot and CCleaner. For other chores I tend to type in the relevant address or whatever - and only then realise (sometimes) that I have a shortcut icon. Perhaps I'll get rid of them. Perhaps I need counselling. On the other hand, I once read that counselling is the only fate worse than the death penalty.
Last edited by aspac; 4th Jul 2009 at 01:33.
Reason: Edited to correct punctuation (insert question mark)