Fix position of icons on the desktop (XP, Vista and Windows 7)

) 15, February, 2009 (Updated: 16 July, 2010)
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Are you an organized person and has an impeccable desktop, all custom, each icon clustered in a corner of the screen. Then one fine day he gets his "friend" and disrupts all your desktop icons from moving side to side, or worse, our "friend" that activates the function "Auto Arrange" finished and ready with all the placement of icons on your desktop. Or you have a shared desktop on two monitors or share your desktop image on TV which ultimately forced him to change the resolution, and each time you do your icons come back messed up. Well, here's another solution to a common problem in Windows.

This applet creates the function and placement of icons Save Restore also placement of icons on your desktop (desktop), which can be accessed with one click. What has been the dream of many users.

Required Files

Choose your operating system:
For Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7: http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/layout.zip
For Windows XP and Windows Vista 64bit or 64bit 7: http://amip.tools-for.net/files/dips64/dips64-setup.exe
Uninstall: http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/UninstallDesktopLayout.zip (if you want to uninstall the application)

Installing

Layout.zip Unzip the file and copy the two files and LAYOUT.DLL LAYOUT.REG in the system32 folder of your windows, usually the path is C: \ Windows \ System32
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That done, now double click on the file LAYOUT.REG, and then click Yes to add the information to the registry.
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Ready installed, now let's test.

Place the icons on your desktop the way you want. Then right-click on My Computer and select Save Desktop Icon Layout.
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Done it all the placement of icons on your desktop will be saved. And now when you need just click on the My Computer with the right mouse button and choose Restore Desktop Icon Layout.
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