From: bashley101+et@gmail.com   
      
   Auric__ wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:58:46 GMT, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >   
   >> I used to organize my 50 or so desktop icons in reasonable ways -- to   
   >> me, anyway.  Unfortunately, every once in a while something would happen   
   >> (mostly trying to start XP without having my KVM switch switched to the   
   >> windows machine so it could make the proper monitor settings) to   
   >> reorganize them in ways I didn't like.   
   >>   
   >> I finally gave up and set the sort order to 'alphabetical', which is   
   >> mindlessly reproducible.  Fine, except it does it twice.  One group of   
   >> icons a-z and then a second group of different icons a-z.  I've tried   
   >> several reorganizations, but they always end up that way.   
   >>   
   >> I'm tired of playing around.  What's happening?   
   >   
   > I would guess that one group is on *your* desktop (...\username\Desktop) and   
   > the other is on the "all users" desktop (...\All Users\Desktop) -- but that's   
   > just a guess.   
      
   I doubt it.  I'm the only user and I've never switched into a different   
   account.  All the icons, except for the original ones, are for programs I've   
   installed or wanted to use without following the tree structure.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
   _______________________________________________________   
   I love the way Microsoft follows standards. In much the   
   same manner that fish follow migrating caribou.   
                                            -- Paul Tomblin   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)