I have a question about Save Your Desktop Layout:

I have Windows XP Professional for an operating system. I would like to be able to move the desktop icons, but I am unable to do so. I have followed another persons advice on this discussion board that perhaps I need to right click on the empty area of the desktop and uncheck "auto arrange icons." I have no check by "auto arrange icons," but I am still unable to get my icons on my desktop within Windows XP Professional to move. Where does a person go to enable icon moving, or drag and drop procedure on my desktop?

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Have you got a check beside the "Lock Items on Desktop". If so, try unchecking that and see what happens.

Samain


On Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 5:45 pm, Mel Shepherd wrote:
>I have a question about Save
>Your Desktop Layout:

>
>I have Windows XP Professional for an operating system. I would like to be able to
>move the desktop icons, but I am unable to do so. I have followed another persons
>advice on this discussion board that perhaps I need to right click on the empty area
>of the desktop and uncheck "auto arrange icons." I have no check by "auto arrange
>icons," but I am still unable to get my icons on my desktop within Windows XP Professional
>to move.
>
>Where does a person go to enable icon moving, or drag and drop procedure on my desktop?
>

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Yes, I have! This is one of the first things I tried to do, but it didn't work.


On Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 6:37 pm, Samain wrote:
> Have you got a check beside the "Lock Items on Desktop".
> If so, try unchecking that and see what happens.

Samain
>
> :)

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I have had this problem off and on for the last 2 years and just lived with it. 

     But I think the answer was in front of me all this time. I have 5 additional 
users and I was the only one that had the problem of my icons moving on their own.

    I right clicked on the desktop on all the others and each had a check mark align 
to grid.
   Try this:
1)  only have a check mark next to show desktop icons.
2) move the icons the way you want them to appear on your desktop
3) check align to grid. the icons should move slightly but will stay in the same 
arrangement you left them
4)check lock web items on desktop

     See IF that might keep your icons from wandering.

                                                              UncleDoug







On Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 5:45 pm, Mel Shepherd wrote:

>I have a question about Save 

>Your Desktop Layout:


>

>I have Windows XP Professional for an operating system. I would like to be able 
to 

>move the desktop icons, but I am unable to do so. I have followed another persons 

>advice on this discussion board that perhaps I need to right click on the empty 
area 

>of the desktop and uncheck "auto arrange icons." I have no check by "auto arrange 

>icons," but I am still unable to get my icons on my desktop within Windows XP Professional 

>to move. 

>

>Where does a person go to enable icon moving, or drag and drop procedure on my desktop? 

>
 

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I would Also like to be able to move stuff off the desktop to specified folders like 
windows 2000. What good does it do, to add your favorite folders to the right click 
"send to" shortcut if its not going to send any thing, just copy! Please if anyone 
knows how to Make the files move off the desktop into folders like the previous version 
of windows 2000 and below, please reply. Is there a retail program I can buy or a 
quick registry edit I can do.. this is the most annyoing xp feature.. Please let 
me know if anyone has found a solution!!!!






On Monday, May 24, 2004 at 11:01 pm, UncleDoug wrote:

>I have had this problem off and on for the last 2 years and just lived with it. 

>

>     But I think the answer was in front of me all this time. I have 5 additional 

>users and I was the only one that had the problem of my icons moving on their own.

>

>    I right clicked on the desktop on all the others and each had a check mark align 

>to grid.

>   Try this:

>1)  only have a check mark next to show desktop icons.

>2) move the icons the way you want them to appear on your desktop

>3) check align to grid. the icons should move slightly but will stay in the same 

>arrangement you left them

>4)check lock web items on desktop

>

>     See IF that might keep your icons from wandering.

>

>                                                              UncleDoug

>

>

> 

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1. Open an explorer window (Windows-E is a quick way of doing this) and go to the 
folder you wish to move the document to

2. Move/resize the explorer window so you can see that window and the document you 
wish to move

3. Move the document to the destination folder. There are several alternative ways 
of doing this

a. Right click on the item and select "Cut" the item (it greys out), then right click 
on the desintation and select "Paste"

b. As above, but using left clicks and the control keys Control-X and Control-P

c. Right-mouse-drag the item to the destination and select "Move Here" from the menu 
that appears

d. Left-mouse-drag the item. If you see a "+" sign (copy) as you move the mouse over 
the destination, hold down the shift key to get rid of it before releasing the mouse. 







On Friday, May 27, 2005 at 5:51 am, Steve-O wrote:

>

>I would Also like to be able to move stuff off the desktop to specified folders 
like 

>windows 2000. 

 

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