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Hi,
I'm lucky. While two problems plague my computer use (Vista Home on a Toshiba laptop), both are irritants rather than impediments. Nonetheless, I'd be grateful for any help in fixing them:
1. My Google clock in the Google Sidebar: it now has a black face (I guess I inadvertently clicked something) and it formerly had the orange face I chose. How do I restore it to the way it was before? Also, when I restored it after it disappeared (and it came back with the black clock face), it also provided a quick-search Google Desktop box at the bottom right of my screen (above the System Tray). How do I get rid of this box, since to use Google Desktop I can just click on the System Tray icon?
2. My desktop icons rearrange themselves willy-nilly whenever my computer starts up. How do I get them to stay in the order I arranged them in? I Googled this problem and discovered others have encountered this, too - and were not slow to point out that recommended "fixes" didn't work. They didn't work for me either. One recommendation was to tick "Align To Grid" - and, like others, I found after doing this that the icons' lay-out was still changed after starting up again.
Any help in simple terms will be much appreciated - I'm spending too much time on this even though it isn't really important!
Many thanks.
I'm lucky. While two problems plague my computer use (Vista Home on a Toshiba laptop), both are irritants rather than impediments. Nonetheless, I'd be grateful for any help in fixing them:
1. My Google clock in the Google Sidebar: it now has a black face (I guess I inadvertently clicked something) and it formerly had the orange face I chose. How do I restore it to the way it was before? Also, when I restored it after it disappeared (and it came back with the black clock face), it also provided a quick-search Google Desktop box at the bottom right of my screen (above the System Tray). How do I get rid of this box, since to use Google Desktop I can just click on the System Tray icon?
2. My desktop icons rearrange themselves willy-nilly whenever my computer starts up. How do I get them to stay in the order I arranged them in? I Googled this problem and discovered others have encountered this, too - and were not slow to point out that recommended "fixes" didn't work. They didn't work for me either. One recommendation was to tick "Align To Grid" - and, like others, I found after doing this that the icons' lay-out was still changed after starting up again.
Any help in simple terms will be much appreciated - I'm spending too much time on this even though it isn't really important!
Many thanks.
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Hi Bo,
Loved the link . . . hilarious.
And Auto Arrange was switched off throughout. I've double-checked.
But I'm still stuck with those two problems.
Aspac
Loved the link . . . hilarious.
And Auto Arrange was switched off throughout. I've double-checked.
But I'm still stuck with those two problems.
Aspac
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I have a lovely picture of the house that I grew up in. Nothing else on the desktop at all. Very relaxing.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! I've not noticed 'till now, but the recycle bin is there. I was sure it wasn't, but there it is...hiding in a tree. Can't get rid of it...can I?
I've pinned it to Explorer, so I don't need it, and now I've realized, it'll worry me.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! I've not noticed 'till now, but the recycle bin is there. I was sure it wasn't, but there it is...hiding in a tree. Can't get rid of it...can I?
I've pinned it to Explorer, so I don't need it, and now I've realized, it'll worry me.
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My icons stay where they're put.
Right-clicking on the desktop, the only items ticked are "show desktop icons" and "align to grid".
You could try that.
Google sidebar? No idea. Hate toolbars. Don't use them.
Right-clicking on the desktop, the only items ticked are "show desktop icons" and "align to grid".
You could try that.
Google sidebar? No idea. Hate toolbars. Don't use them.
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Is the Google sidebar a gadget? If so, hovering over the gadget usually brings up a small spanner icon, clicking on which gives various options for that gadget. I don't use it myself, but certainly the windows gadgets work that way - also try right clicking on the sidebar to see if a dialog options box opens up.
You could try Icon restore. It's not exactly for your problem but it does enable you to return the desktop to normal. It works on XP and Vista.
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A man after my own heart. Just the recycle bin & a revolving desktop slideshow of the heir for me.
I want it in the cupboard.
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Tricky, Apparently the "TweakUI" program can hide it but I don't know if it works for 7, otherwise try these ideas but they are for xp so may not work. :
Hide Recycle Bin using Folder Options
Customizing Your PC with the Windows XP Registry
How do I make the Recycle Bin appear on my desktop in Windows Vista or in Windows XP? (for restore info after using TweakUI program)
Hide Recycle Bin using Folder Options
Customizing Your PC with the Windows XP Registry
How do I make the Recycle Bin appear on my desktop in Windows Vista or in Windows XP? (for restore info after using TweakUI program)
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Or have I missed the joke?
Me muttering...
I wonder if that'll fool them...spent ages trying to get the bin in the picture of a wheelbarrow.
Just to add a bit of life to the post. Old house I grew up in. Twas made upside down, so we could see across the fields to the Walton on Naze 'Backwarters'. No cavity, and no foundations. But, it was always summer, so it didn't matter.
Can't believe it...I swapped it for an airyplane.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...3HallLaneC.jpg
On a more sensible note, I like the Explorer (to which, the bin is now pinned) but I did like the XP Vista multi Explorers in the Task-bar. I had each one set to a target, like a working folder for me book, and Root E etc.. Since the W7 Explorer pop-up is dynamic, a little used item is soon lost and it's back to the normal click click click.
I'm intending to import an old Explorer from Vista, and see if it runs, but I'm loth to do something that will mess up the solid platform that I have established. Sans me camera that is.
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Rivets, right click the explorer icon in 7 & all your recent & in logic I suppose, your heavily used folders pop up above the icon - it's a nice touch, not quite what you speak about in Vista, but pretty good all the same.
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I'm using Vista Home Premium and wish I had the problem of having a recycle bin on my desk top. Some days its there and others its not. I lose nothing else but having the recycle bin would be a handy thing at times.
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To change the clock face on the clock sidebar gadget:
Hover your mouse over the clock face - see the little spanner - click on it.
The clock gadget controls popup and it's all pretty self explanatory from there on. There are 8 clock faces, the red one is number 6. I don't recommend the pink fluffy toy (8), unless you're a real girly girl. And the chronograph style is just that, a style, it does nothing else.
Incidentally - what's the problem with "airyplanes" as a desktop backdrop? I have a (THE) nice big Vulcan on mine, and use WebShots to rotate the backdrop so I don't get bored with it.
Hover your mouse over the clock face - see the little spanner - click on it.
The clock gadget controls popup and it's all pretty self explanatory from there on. There are 8 clock faces, the red one is number 6. I don't recommend the pink fluffy toy (8), unless you're a real girly girl. And the chronograph style is just that, a style, it does nothing else.
Incidentally - what's the problem with "airyplanes" as a desktop backdrop? I have a (THE) nice big Vulcan on mine, and use WebShots to rotate the backdrop so I don't get bored with it.
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Sprgget, that's the point, all the recent... What I always want is a set of controls that are bolted to the Earth. Never change. Nothing 'Dynamic'. God knows how an electric aircraft pilot manages with different 'Laws'.
What I haven't done is to try to load several Win 7 Explorers. Again, I don't want to mess up what's working well.
Maybe, I'm not as daft as I thought. Does it vanish if it's empty? I have lots of chapters in there now, and can't risk playing with it - just in case.
What I haven't done is to try to load several Win 7 Explorers. Again, I don't want to mess up what's working well.
and wish I had the problem of having a recycle bin on my desk top. Some days its there and others its not.
Maybe, I'm not as daft as I thought. Does it vanish if it's empty? I have lots of chapters in there now, and can't risk playing with it - just in case.