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July 25th 05, 06:15 PM
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How do I .......................................
How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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July 25th 05, 06:32 PM
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If this is related to the other question you posted five minutes earlier,
see my response to it. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "b11_" wrote in message ... How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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July 25th 05, 06:34 PM
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What preferences? The only "preference" that should be affected by Safe
Mode is the one regulating size of icons in the Start menu. It always changes to "Large Icons" when you boot to Safe Mode. Is that the one you're talking about? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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July 25th 05, 07:22 PM
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There are other preferences such as the size and position of various windows
on the desktop. Is there some way of booting into safemode without losing preferences? __________________________________________________ ______________ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: What preferences? The only "preference" that should be affected by Safe Mode is the one regulating size of icons in the Start menu. It always changes to "Large Icons" when you boot to Safe Mode. Is that the one you're talking about? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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#5
July 25th 05, 07:33 PM
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The short answer is No. The workaround is to use one or another app that
"remembers" those things for you. The size and position of windows aren't "preferences", they're simply Registry "threads" that remembers last size and location. Safe Mode often cannot accommodate those remembered threads and overwrites them with new info based upon size and position in Safe Mode, which, due to it's default display driver, changes the amount of real estate that's available. You have two questions going on here which seem to be related. You're also asking general questions which might better be answered by exploring, in detail, exactly what you are experiencing and what you would like to accomplish. Also, are you regularly using Safe Mode for some chore or another, such that this issue is an ongoing and regular issue for you? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... There are other preferences such as the size and position of various windows on the desktop. Is there some way of booting into safemode without losing preferences? __________________________________________________ ______________ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: What preferences? The only "preference" that should be affected by Safe Mode is the one regulating size of icons in the Start menu. It always changes to "Large Icons" when you boot to Safe Mode. Is that the one you're talking about? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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#6
July 25th 05, 08:09 PM
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Do you know a utility that would lock window positions and locations on the
desktop even if a safemode boot occured? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: The short answer is No. The workaround is to use one or another app that "remembers" those things for you. The size and position of windows aren't "preferences", they're simply Registry "threads" that remembers last size and location. Safe Mode often cannot accommodate those remembered threads and overwrites them with new info based upon size and position in Safe Mode, which, due to it's default display driver, changes the amount of real estate that's available. You have two questions going on here which seem to be related. You're also asking general questions which might better be answered by exploring, in detail, exactly what you are experiencing and what you would like to accomplish. Also, are you regularly using Safe Mode for some chore or another, such that this issue is an ongoing and regular issue for you? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... There are other preferences such as the size and position of various windows on the desktop. Is there some way of booting into safemode without losing preferences? __________________________________________________ ______________ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: What preferences? The only "preference" that should be affected by Safe Mode is the one regulating size of icons in the Start menu. It always changes to "Large Icons" when you boot to Safe Mode. Is that the one you're talking about? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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#7
July 25th 05, 08:27 PM
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It's not on the tip of my tongue, but a few different utilities for this
purpose are regularly mentioned in this newsgroup. Perhaps someone else will drop in and share. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... Do you know a utility that would lock window positions and locations on the desktop even if a safemode boot occured? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: The short answer is No. The workaround is to use one or another app that "remembers" those things for you. The size and position of windows aren't "preferences", they're simply Registry "threads" that remembers last size and location. Safe Mode often cannot accommodate those remembered threads and overwrites them with new info based upon size and position in Safe Mode, which, due to it's default display driver, changes the amount of real estate that's available. You have two questions going on here which seem to be related. You're also asking general questions which might better be answered by exploring, in detail, exactly what you are experiencing and what you would like to accomplish. Also, are you regularly using Safe Mode for some chore or another, such that this issue is an ongoing and regular issue for you? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... There are other preferences such as the size and position of various windows on the desktop. Is there some way of booting into safemode without losing preferences? __________________________________________________ ______________ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: What preferences? The only "preference" that should be affected by Safe Mode is the one regulating size of icons in the Start menu. It always changes to "Large Icons" when you boot to Safe Mode. Is that the one you're talking about? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "b11_" wrote in message ... How do I boot into safe mode without losing preferences?
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#8
July 27th 05, 07:58 PM
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In this group b11_ wrote in message
Do you know a utility that would lock window positions and locations on the desktop even if a safemode boot occured? WinTidy2 http://www.alexfish.com/dload/wintidy.zip (Must be run in Safe Mode)
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#9
August 5th 05, 01:22 AM
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Wintidy2 is for Icons. I'd like to save window position and sizes on the
desktop even if a safeboot occured. __________________________________________________ ______________ "Iceman" wrote: In this group b11_ wrote in message Do you know a utility that would lock window positions and locations on the desktop even if a safemode boot occured? WinTidy2 http://www.alexfish.com/dload/wintidy.zip (Must be run in Safe Mode)
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