-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Quick Launch and Desktop icons
- From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:16:38 -0400
Harold,
Windows is designed to 'remember' the state of your icons at shutdown.
Unfortunately, it sometimes gets confused and goes into something like this.
It sounds like Windows is just forgetting your settings and thinks you
actually WANT the QL turned off and the DT icons set to 'AutoArrange'. My
primary suggestion is to use your Icon Restore program to put them back the
way you had them, get the QL bar back and then immediately reboot your
system (Start > Turn off computer > Restart). My hope is that your system
simply had not been restarted soon enough after resetting before. If you
reset them and then use the system for a while, the eventual "Shut Down"
command may not be able to fully record all of your final user settings
before turning off the machine. By rebooting right away, you ensure that
these settings have the best chance for inclusion into the buffers final
registry writes.
Of course, this is not a sure fix for this problem (it probably even
sounds rather far fetched or made up), but I've seen it work on at least 3
systems including one of my own.
Peace,
GMan
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B." <harold7@xxxxxxx>
To: "PC TechTalk_LIST" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:52 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Quick Launch and Desktop icons
> Hello again ... Two problems that started about the same time (might or
> might not be related)
>
>
> 1. the Quick Launch disappears after rebooting. Note that the icons that I
> keep on the QL are always there when I right-click the Taskbar > Toolbars
> > and re-check Quick Launch.
>
>
>
> 2. At the same time, after rebooting the computer, or clicking Refresh on
> the desktop, the desktop icons all line up on the left side of the screen.
> They line up the same way each time. Right-clicking the desktop > Show
> Icons, shows nothing checked (except "Show Desktop Icons). Note that
> checking any of the options does not eliminate this problem. What I do
> now, by using a program called "Icon Restore" (it's excellent and it's
> free), I can immediately then put them back the way they were.
>
>
>
> Any ideas how this problem with the QL and the "unstable" icon positions
> can be corrected? --- Harold
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