Desktop Icons Rearrange After Startup

Hi, I'm having some trouble with WinME. For 4 years, no issues. My desktop
icons 'were' scattered (logically for me) all over my desktop. I boot up a
day or so ago and they automatically all lined up alphabetically starting
down the left side.

Updated and ran Norton 2004, Spy Bot-Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware, no
issues or problems found.

I've been scouring the web looking for assistance. Most people suggest
deleting the shelliconcache hidden file in the Windows directory. Did that
and rebooted, they still lined up. Rearrange them the way I wanted, rebooted,
and they still lined up.

So I tried adding the Max Cached Icon registy value as many people suggest,
set it to 2000 and went thru same process. Icons still lined up.

Any other solutions I can try? For such a 'simple' problem, it's rather
frustrating to try and resolve this one. Thanks in advance!

Brian in NY

Brian,

Right click on the desktop, and check that "Auto Arrange" hasn't become
checked on the Arrange icons fly-out menu.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Brian17 wrote:

Hi, I'm having some trouble with WinME. For 4 years, no issues. My
desktop icons 'were' scattered (logically for me) all over my
desktop. I boot up a day or so ago and they automatically all lined
up alphabetically starting down the left side.

Updated and ran Norton 2004, Spy Bot-Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware, no
issues or problems found.

I've been scouring the web looking for assistance. Most people suggest
deleting the shelliconcache hidden file in the Windows directory. Did
that and rebooted, they still lined up. Rearrange them the way I
wanted, rebooted, and they still lined up.

So I tried adding the Max Cached Icon registy value as many people
suggest, set it to 2000 and went thru same process. Icons still lined
up.

Any other solutions I can try? For such a 'simple' problem, it's
rather frustrating to try and resolve this one. Thanks in advance!

Hi Mike, no it hasn't become selected. Any other solutions or things to check?
--Brian


"Mike M" wrote:

Brian,

Right click on the desktop, and check that "Auto Arrange" hasn't become
checked on the Arrange icons fly-out menu.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Brian17 wrote:

Hi, I'm having some trouble with WinME. For 4 years, no issues. My
desktop icons 'were' scattered (logically for me) all over my
desktop. I boot up a day or so ago and they automatically all lined
up alphabetically starting down the left side.

Updated and ran Norton 2004, Spy Bot-Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware, no
issues or problems found.

I've been scouring the web looking for assistance. Most people suggest
deleting the shelliconcache hidden file in the Windows directory. Did
that and rebooted, they still lined up. Rearrange them the way I
wanted, rebooted, and they still lined up.

So I tried adding the Max Cached Icon registy value as many people
suggest, set it to 2000 and went thru same process. Icons still lined
up.

Any other solutions I can try? For such a 'simple' problem, it's
rather frustrating to try and resolve this one. Thanks in advance!

Brian,

Try checking the option, rebooting and then unchecking just in case the
Auto Arrange option has become stuck on.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Brian17 wrote:

Hi Mike, no it hasn't become selected. Any other solutions or things
to check? --Brian

Mike, I tried your suggestion, checking the AutoArrange, rebooting and then
unchecking and rearranging my icons and reboting again.

They are still all lined up starting from the left edge. Any other
suggestions? I've now tried several registry "fixes" as well, none of which
worked.

--Brian

"Mike M" wrote:

Brian,

Try checking the option, rebooting and then unchecking just in case the
Auto Arrange option has become stuck on.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Brian17 wrote:

Hi Mike, no it hasn't become selected. Any other solutions or things
to check? --Brian

Hi, Brian
We use Enterra Icon Keeper Deluxe. Works great and seems to be very fast.
Enterra Icon Keeper Deluxe is a handy comprehensive utility providing
for fast and reliable management of icons on your desktop. Features
multi-profile settings.
Icon Keeper Deluxe also provides for instant recovery of icons
positions on the desktop when they are randomly piled.

More at http://www.enterra-soft.com/products...xe/index.shtml