-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Quick Launch and Desktop icons
- From: "Harold B." <harold7@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:40:05 -0400
That didin't work, GMan, but thanks anyway. You did say it was a long shot.
Compaq suggested that I go through the steps to configure Windows XP to
start in a "Clean Boot State" ... The steps are tricky but I'll give it a
try --- Harold
>
> FROM GMAN: 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>
>
>> 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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