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|    The Real Bev to All    |
|    Re: Icon sorting    |
|    02 Jul 09 15:47:58    |
      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)    |
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