whs;1169756 Wrote:
> > John;1169687 Wrote:
> > Thanks. I was posting for a friend. I use object dock plus with vist
> > and don't use desktop at all. From replies here and other places
> > understand there just isn't any solution to the moving icon problem
> > Seems strange after 2 revisions
> >
> > Joh
> >
> > MilesAhead wrote:> > > > >
> > > > John;1158571 Wrote
> > >
> > > > At one point I even wrote my own "desktop icon position save/restore
> > > > program. But after years of messing with desktop icons, and als
> > > > probably because I started to use themes, I decided to just get ri
> > > o
> > > > them. I use RocketDock and I categorized my shortcuts into 6 folder
> > > > that sit on RocketDock
> > >
> > > > As you can see in the screen shot, with a double-height Taskbar an
> > > > using icons instead of buttons for running apps, I have plenty o
> > > > QuickLaunch. It's just a big hassle to mess with icons on th
> > > desktop
> > > > It's not worth it
> > >
> > >
> > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > |Filename: desk.jpg
> > > > |Download
> > > 'http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16470|
> > > (http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.p...entid=16470%7C
> > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > >
>
>
> Vista (and XP) has a built-in docking solution. No need to use Rocke
> Dock. Put all your icons into a folder on the desktop and then gra
> this folder and push it all the way into the top of your screen. Ther
> you release it (may need a couple of attempts). Now you have a doc
> that you can personalize by right clicking on it. I like the "hide
> option. The folder you used will stay on the desktop as repository
> Any new icon you drag into it will appear in the dock
I did that with my six folder categories. I made a toolbar out of th
enclosing folder. At least on my systems it was a struggle to grab hol
of a corner to resize that folder once I made a toolbar out of it.
RocketDock has the sizing built in with sliders to avoid that hassle
Plus the toolbar gets really big if you leave text enabled. If yo
disable text to keep it small, then you need to use custom icons for th
categories to avoid constant waits for mouse hover to tooltip the text.
RocketDock pops up large custom tooltips. Makes it easy to get the tex
description. Seems to run well on both 64 and 32 bit so I don't see th
big hassle of using it. It takes a bit of time to set up but so doe
struggling with home made toolbar sizing. Plus if you put that toolba
on the Taskbar, you end up with a fold out menu that you have to trave
the mouse over, which keeps closing if you go off the edge and i
generally a pita
To the OP if the friend really wants an Icon position restore I'd tr
Softpedia.com
My own should work on 32 bit systems. You can get it from this page
'IconSet Desktop Icon Save Restore
(
http://www.favessoft.com/iconset.html
(it's a freebie at your own risk no warranty software but I got th
method out of Jeffrey Richter's Programming Windows book and it ha
worked on everything 32 bit since Win95.. if it doesn't work it's likel
due to themes or you are running a 64 bit OS.
I use VistaGlass and none of the other icon desktop software I've trie
work on Vista64 probably due to hacking the shell DLLs to use Vist
Purple theme, so I can't really test it on my machine. Chances are i
may not work with themes. If the OS is 32 bit it may work. It's a shel
extension so if the OS is 64 bit I wouldn't even bother with it. Jus
use another software with a Gui interface. There must be something fre
on Softpedia that works
Trial and error is about it though
--
MilesAhea
"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."
- Groucho Marx
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