IE8 Desktop Icons Moving

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Veraion
       #1

    IE8 Desktop Icons Moving


    Not sure if this is the right forum, but it is the only one I could find that seemed to be right.

    Anyways, Every time I reboot my computer, my IE8 icons (regular and x64 edition) move down one space pushing anything below them already with them.

    Any ideas on what is causing this/how I can fix it?

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    cjrokke said:
    Not sure if this is the right forum, but it is the only one I could find that seemed to be right.

    Anyways, Every time I reboot my computer, my IE8 icons (regular and x64 edition) move down one space pushing anything below them already with them.

    Any ideas on what is causing this/how I can fix it?

    Thanks
    cjr

    how about a screenshot and the specs of your computer?

    thanks ken
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Veraion
    Thread Starter
       #3

    My specs are
    System Manufacturer/Model Number Me
    OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Veraion
    CPU AMD Phenom x4 9950
    Motherboard ASUS M2N32 SLI Deluxe Wifi Edition
    Memory 6 GB Corsair
    Graphics Card Nvidia GTX 260
    Monitor(s) Displays Dual Acer x213w
    PSU Thermaltake Toughpower 500 W
    Case Thermaltake Kandalf w/ LCS
    Cooling Liquified
    Hard Drives Dual 1 TB Hitachi Internal Drives 750 GB Seagate External Drive

    This is what it looks like before a reboot:
    2.jpg

    and after a reboot, it will look like this:
    1.jpg

    They will continue to move down and eventually get behind my gadgets if I dont fix them every time.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails IE8 Desktop Icons Moving-1.jpg   IE8 Desktop Icons Moving-2.jpg  
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  4. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail Veraion
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Just a quick note, I rebooted again right now and tried moving the icons around and I noticed that they move while staying one above the other

    Here is another before and after to show what I mean:
    Before:
    1.jpg
    After:
    2.jpg
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails IE8 Desktop Icons Moving-1.jpg   IE8 Desktop Icons Moving-2.jpg  
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  5. Posts : 1
    win 7
       #5

    Picture


    How can I concentrate on your problem with that picture? Please post the entire shot and any more
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  6. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    NICE WALLPAPER!

    try to fix it this way.....
    1. position your IE icons
    2. right click on desktop > Personalize
    3. when you see the theemes....click "save theme" below and give your theme a name

    ...thats it....now they should be as they are :) Actually the position is saved automatically, be sure that you are not logged in as "guest"
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #7

    To avoid this problem, I parked some of my shortcuts in Rocket Dock and others in Toolbars on the taskbar. Works a lot better and they do not get scrambled - plus I can sort them in any order I like. The added advantage is a clean and uncluttered desktop.

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  8. Posts : 173
    Windows 7
       #8

    You can customize your taskbar, find more out here: Change how buttons appear on the taskbar.

    Cheers,
    Tara
    Windows Outreach Team
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #9

    TaraSWinTeam said:
    You can customize your taskbar, find more out here: Change how buttons appear on the taskbar.

    Cheers,
    Tara
    Windows Outreach Team
    Tara, this is all nice, but there is just too little space on the taskbar to do any of that. If you look at my desktop picture, I have about 50 items hidden behind those toolbars and another dozen are in the hidden Rocket Dock. How do you figure I fit those on the taskbar.
    In Vista, I keep most of those in Quick Launch and in an application launcher in the sidebar plus I have the toolbar on top of my screen that I create by pushing a folder with shortcuts to the top. But since you put away with Quick Launch, the sidebar and the ability to make a toolbar (dock) on the top, I had to help myself with the taskbars and the Rocket dock.
    In Win7 32bit, I could at least tweak the Vista sidebar in and my gadgets (e.g. AppLauncher) still work. But in Win7 64bit, those gadgets refuse to work - even the weatherbug does not work.
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  10. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #10

    whs said:
    TaraSWinTeam said:
    You can customize your taskbar, find more out here: Change how buttons appear on the taskbar.

    Cheers,
    Tara
    Windows Outreach Team
    Tara, this is all nice, but there is just too little space on the taskbar to do any of that. If you look at my desktop picture, I have about 50 items hidden behind those toolbars and another dozen are in the hidden Rocket Dock. How do you figure I fit those on the taskbar.
    In Vista, I keep most of those in Quick Launch and in an application launcher in the sidebar plus I have the toolbar on top of my screen that I create by pushing a folder with shortcuts to the top. But since you put away with Quick Launch, the sidebar and the ability to make a toolbar (dock) on the top, I had to help myself with the taskbars and the Rocket dock.
    In Win7 32bit, I could at least tweak the Vista sidebar in and my gadgets (e.g. AppLauncher) still work. But in Win7 64bit, those gadgets refuse to work - even the weatherbug does not work.

    you have found a good solution...and yes I can confirm, not all gadgets are working with Win7 x64........but maybe just because of the runtime libraries?
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