recently, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] enscribed: > > In a message dated 1/9/03 11:31:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Hello, > This may be an elementary macintosh question, and it is off topic for this > list, but ... is there a way to keep my icons in the position on the desktop > where I put them? I have icons for several servers that I would like to keep > separate from other icons for disks and software. But whenever I start my > machine up, it puts them where it wants them - all lined up on the right > side of the screen. I think I had locked them in place once a long time ago, > but for some reason they keep moving now upon start up. If I once knew how > to lock them in place, I have now forgotten. (Mac OS 8.6) >>> > > Wayne, > > Check out Desktop Resetter. http://www.nouturn.com/resetter/ This > shareware remembers your set desktop arrangement and allows you to quickly > reset if changes occur from your set arrangement. > > > > Bob
There is also another way, using Apple Script. Considering that I am probably the least experienced of anyone in Apple Script, this was surpringly easy to do. Just record a script moving the icons to where you want them. You can even do this by selecting all of them and dragging them en masse to the desired location. Any method will work. Save the script as a run-only application (I think that that's the way to do it), and put it in your start-up items folder. Having said that, the icons shouldn't move of their own accord. Something has to be affecting them (a person dragging them, a change in monitor resolution, etc...) Unless I am missing something and that is always possible. Good luck -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
