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

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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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See Desktop Restore on the left side of this website: MIDIOX
 

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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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I am not aware of any software that will do the other things that you mentioned.
 

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W7 Pro SP1 64biti78GBIntel HD Graphics
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Employer provided Dell Latitude
OS
W7 Pro SP1 64bit
CPU
i7
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics
Hard Drives
crappy SSD
Antivirus
Employer mandated Symantec Endpoint Protection
Browser
Pale Moon 64bit, IE11 64bit & Chrome 64bit
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