Icon arrangement on desktop

Right-click menu changed

Published on November 25, 2007 By Tciprop In IconPackager

hi
just started using my registered Icon Packager.
Thought this might resolve with registration.
Why can't I put my desktop icons where i want them.
They keep auto-arranging to top left border.
Also desktop right-click menu has lost lots of options, inc "auto-arrange".
Phil

Comments (Page 2)

elvee

on Nov 25, 2007

align to grid only keeps them even horiz/vert ... it doesn't make them all go to the left corner... that's auto arrange... which is one of the options not showing on OP's right click

Sorry your right...

But we still get pizza..right?

HG_Eliminator

on Nov 25, 2007

i unchecked the align to grid and can drag the icons wherever i want and they don't move anywhere... thus they are not aligning to the left..

elvee

on Nov 25, 2007

Don't think you get it?
Auto-arrange is no longer an item on right-click menu.
So can't be toggled on and off.
Perhaps you mean a toggle elsewhere?
So where?

Thats what he is talking about HG_E.

HG_Eliminator

on Nov 25, 2007

Why can't I put my desktop icons where i want them.
They keep auto-arranging to top left border.

after turning off "align to grid" i can drag them wherever i want without them moving to the top left corner. so as far as i can see it's not auto arranging them either with align to grid unticked.

Bichur

on Nov 25, 2007

hey HG_E... uncheck align to grid and check auto arrange and try it

HG_Eliminator

on Nov 25, 2007

I realize that but he said his dont show the option to uncheck auto arrange as its not there.. so im thinking they might have combined the 2 .. I still have both options in my desktop settings menu..

HG_Eliminator

on Nov 25, 2007

he may have to Dl a XP tweaking utility and use the desktop icon settings and stop the auto arrange that way..if some recent XP update hid the option...

HG_Eliminator

on Nov 25, 2007

seems the more ya update XP the fewer options there are .. as they seem to be disappearing...

Tciprop

on Nov 26, 2007

Hey chaps, what about me?
NEway, I sort of gave up, for a while.
This altered right-click thingy seems to be related to IconX, I think.
I had bigger trouble with desktop refreshing every 5 secs and reloading systray.
Stopped that by uninstalling WB6 and reinstalling, may be coincidence.

I'll just finish the pizza and get back to it!
Phil

Bichur

on Nov 26, 2007

This altered right-click thingy seems to be related to IconX, I think.

shouldn't, even though auto arrange doesn't seem to be an option when iconx is running
I set my icons on auto arrange, ran iconx... can drag to where I want... unload iconx and they're back where they started

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