Vista Desktop shortcuts moving
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From: Global Vagabond
Vista Desktop shortcuts moving
Hi Guys, a small but infuriating issue with Vista, If I arrange my shortcuts as I want, they get re-arranged randomly by Vista, it seems to be locating them by last used order. I've tried all the usual "arrange by type" etc but every time I go back to the Desktop they're all muddled up.
Anyone got a solution?
Cheers
Anyone got a solution?
Cheers
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From: Wellington,NZ
Never used Vista, but this may be useful: Windows Vista Help
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From: La Belle Province
My desktop shortcuts stay where they are put with Vista; there's probably some kind of auto-arrange option that you've left enabled (XP used to have a "periodically clean my desktop" option that was annoying until deactivated)
One thing you may be doing that I've noticed with some versions of windows: if you navigate to your 'desktop' folder using Windows Explorer, and do ANYTHING with that view, it sometimes messes up the desktop itself. I've seen that with Win 2000. I try to avoid touching the desktop folder nowadays, so not sure if it afflicts Vista or not.
One thing you may be doing that I've noticed with some versions of windows: if you navigate to your 'desktop' folder using Windows Explorer, and do ANYTHING with that view, it sometimes messes up the desktop itself. I've seen that with Win 2000. I try to avoid touching the desktop folder nowadays, so not sure if it afflicts Vista or not.
