Hi Elizabeth, Right-click on your desktop. Is Auto Arrange ticked? - Naomi > Hi all > I'm working on Windows XP Professional 2002 SP2. I have a number of > desktop shortcuts which I use regularly, and which I like to be in a > certain position so that I can find them. > > I save short-term things to the desktop so that I can find them easily and > delete them when I've finished with them. Whenever I save things to the > desktop they inveigle their way into my nice permanent icon setup, and > shift it around. Does anybody know how to make these permanent icons stick > and not be displaced by the temporary interlopers? ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************