disable auto arrange in Win 7


  1. misago
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    disable auto arrange in Win 7


    viewed the tutorial about disabling auto arrange in Win 7, proceeded to download, run, etc. and all i ended up with was a Giant Windows 7 icon in the middle of my screen. thought i'd lost everything, but created a backup just before i tried this step and restored system. this tutorial (written by a Microsoft tech i hear) does not work. please help! is there any other way to disable this annoying feature in Win 7. i want to arrange photos in my pic file as i choose to like i did on XP. thanks
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Misago, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    Did you use the tutorial below for this. It does work in Windows 7.

    Windows Explorer Auto Arrange - Disable
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  4. misago
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    yes, that's the tutorial and download i used. after i clicked run within seconds i had nothing whatsoever on my screen but the Win7 logo. really worried me thinking i had lost all files. restored from a backup, but to me this is simply to extreme a measure to take with my system. what is the problem? if you say it works, what went wrong?
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  6. Brink
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    It sounds like something just interfered with it restarting explorer again afterwards.

    Run the .bat file again. If this happens again, then:

    1. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
    2. Click on File (menu bar)
    3. Click on New Task
    4. Type explorer
    5. Press Enter
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