Hi, My system recently suffered a graphics glitch on boot-up that reset the display to the default resolution causing the desktop to lose it's layout. Does anyone know where the layout information is stored? Is it possible to make a backup of it so it can be restored?
Hi,
Usually you can right click your desktop and click on personalize,
If theirs now a Unsaved theme selected or created switch back to the saved theme will switch everything back
That is dependent on "if" you saved and named the prior theme
Cheers.
Hi, thanks for the reply.
I had saved the theme so was able to restore the settings but this doesn't appear to restore the positions of any of the desktop icons.
I presume you mean 'anywhere accessible to the user' since they're obviously stored somewhere. I kind of expected that would be the case. Ah well, I guess I'll just have to carry on making do with a screenshot of the desktop to remind me where it all goes.
System restore to an earlier time might do the task but I was hoping switching back to the saved theme would do it :/
Type the bold phrase in the start menu search,
Cheers.
Just a note if you have that many items you have WAY too many on your desktop :)
Yeah, probably - 56 at the last count :), but the majority of them get visited on a regular basis and I do tidy up from time to time. They're generally shortcuts to applications and their user manuals and to folders containing data files. I don't keep individual data files there.
I might give System Restore a try next time. Thanks for the suggestion.
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