A way to remember (and later restore) positions of icons on my desktop


  1. dc2000
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    A way to remember (and later restore) positions of icons on my desktop


    I'm curious, if there's a way to remember positions of icons on my desktop and later restore them if needed?

    Let me explain why I need this. I have icons on my desktop arranged in a certain way. So this last time I was trying my friend's monitor which changed the resolution on my desktop, but then when I plugged in my own monitor back all my icons were bunched up in the left corner and I had to move them (manually) into their positions, which was somewhat frustrating. So I was curious if there's a way to restore them automatically.
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  3. UsernameIssues
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    See Desktop Restore on the left side of this website: MIDIOX
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  4. Ztruker
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    I use DesktopOK for this.
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  6. dc2000
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    Thank you, fellas (and sorry for my late response -- I didn't get a notification email.)

    I installed "Desktop Restore" that was able to save and restore icons on the desktop, but now I see that the software is incomplete. For instance, it would be nice to also restore Windows 7 widgets, and most importantly all open windows/programs to their previous positions? Also is there a way to remember the layout automatically, or without me manually saving it?
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  7. UsernameIssues
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    I am not aware of any software that will do the other things that you mentioned.
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