Problems with desktop icons

I've noticed some problems with the way Vista handles desktop icons. The
first problem is that for no apparent reason, my desktop icons will
occasionally rearrange messeing up the order I placed them in. It happens on
ALL 3 of my computers running Vista (2 running business edition and 1
running Ultimate). I think simply saving a file to the desktop causes this,
but not 100% sure. It seems to happen every few days.

The second problem is that when you try to select icons using the shift-key
(hold down the shift key + click on the icon(s) above and below), it selects
icons in the NEXT row as well, and it's not supposed to do that. In Windows
XP it worked great. If I wanted to select a group of icons in a single row,
I would just hold down the shift-key, click the first icon, then click on
the last icon in the row, and they would select perfectly. Windows Vista
does not handle this correctly, and it is clearly a bug.

Has anyone else noticed this problem? And does anyone know of a fix, or if
it'll be fixed in Vista SP1???

Eriq Cook;555525 Wrote:
> I've noticed some problems with the way Vista handles desktop icons. Th
> first problem is that for no apparent reason, my desktop icons wil
> occasionally rearrange messeing up the order I placed them in. I
> happens o
> ALL 3 of my computers running Vista (2 running business edition and
> running Ultimate). I think simply saving a file to the desktop cause
> this
> but not 100% sure. It seems to happen every few days
>
> The second problem is that when you try to select icons using th
> shift-ke
> (hold down the shift key + click on the icon(s) above and below), i
> select
> icons in the NEXT row as well, and it's not supposed to do that. I
> Window
> XP it worked great. If I wanted to select a group of icons in a singl
> row
> I would just hold down the shift-key, click the first icon, then clic
> o
> the last icon in the row, and they would select perfectly. Window
> Vist
> does not handle this correctly, and it is clearly a bug
>
> Has anyone else noticed this problem? And does anyone know of a fix, o
> i
> it'll be fixed in Vista SP1??

Hi Eriq

First Problem

Right click on the desktop and click View, make sure that "Aut
Arrange" and "Align to Grid" is not dotted. This will let you place th
icons where you like and have them stay there on the desktop

Second Problem

I noticed that if I did not let the pointer hover over the icon for
second before pressing Shift and right clicking, it may do this. Yo
might try and see

Shaw

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Thanks for your response, but:

1) I DO have auto-arrange on, as I've always had it on since Windows 95
days. Previous versions of Windows never re-arranged the icons like Vista
does with auto-arrange option turned on. Perhaps that's a fix for the
problem in Vista, but it's still a bug to me since it never happened in
previous Windows versions.

2) Regarding selecting icons using the shift-key, I've tried every way to
prevent it from selecting icons in the next rows, even by not hovering the
mouse over the icon for a "split" second. It doesn't work...

"brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Eriq Cook;555525 Wrote:
>> I've noticed some problems with the way Vista handles desktop icons. The
>> first problem is that for no apparent reason, my desktop icons will
>> occasionally rearrange messeing up the order I placed them in. It
>> happens on
>> ALL 3 of my computers running Vista (2 running business edition and 1
>> running Ultimate). I think simply saving a file to the desktop causes
>> this,
>> but not 100% sure. It seems to happen every few days.
>>
>> The second problem is that when you try to select icons using the
>> shift-key
>> (hold down the shift key + click on the icon(s) above and below), it
>> selects
>> icons in the NEXT row as well, and it's not supposed to do that. In
>> Windows
>> XP it worked great. If I wanted to select a group of icons in a single
>> row,
>> I would just hold down the shift-key, click the first icon, then click
>> on
>> the last icon in the row, and they would select perfectly. Windows
>> Vista
>> does not handle this correctly, and it is clearly a bug.
>>
>> Has anyone else noticed this problem? And does anyone know of a fix, or
>> if
>> it'll be fixed in Vista SP1???
>
> Hi Eriq,
>
> First Problem:
>
> Right click on the desktop and click View, make sure that "Auto
> Arrange" and "Align to Grid" is not dotted. This will let you place the
> icons where you like and have them stay there on the desktop.
>
>
> Second Problem:
>
> I noticed that if I did not let the pointer hover over the icon for a
> second before pressing Shift and right clicking, it may do this. You
> might try and see.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

On my Vista I can select a row of icons left to right but not a column up
and down.

"Eriq" <> wrote in message
news:A3650FB8-A21D-4A18-A000-...
> Thanks for your response, but:
>
> 1) I DO have auto-arrange on, as I've always had it on since Windows 95
> days. Previous versions of Windows never re-arranged the icons like Vista
> does with auto-arrange option turned on. Perhaps that's a fix for the
> problem in Vista, but it's still a bug to me since it never happened in
> previous Windows versions.
>
> 2) Regarding selecting icons using the shift-key, I've tried every way to
> prevent it from selecting icons in the next rows, even by not hovering the
> mouse over the icon for a "split" second. It doesn't work...
>
> "brink" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Eriq Cook;555525 Wrote:
>>> I've noticed some problems with the way Vista handles desktop icons. The
>>> first problem is that for no apparent reason, my desktop icons will
>>> occasionally rearrange messeing up the order I placed them in. It
>>> happens on
>>> ALL 3 of my computers running Vista (2 running business edition and 1
>>> running Ultimate). I think simply saving a file to the desktop causes
>>> this,
>>> but not 100% sure. It seems to happen every few days.
>>>
>>> The second problem is that when you try to select icons using the
>>> shift-key
>>> (hold down the shift key + click on the icon(s) above and below), it
>>> selects
>>> icons in the NEXT row as well, and it's not supposed to do that. In
>>> Windows
>>> XP it worked great. If I wanted to select a group of icons in a single
>>> row,
>>> I would just hold down the shift-key, click the first icon, then click
>>> on
>>> the last icon in the row, and they would select perfectly. Windows
>>> Vista
>>> does not handle this correctly, and it is clearly a bug.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else noticed this problem? And does anyone know of a fix, or
>>> if
>>> it'll be fixed in Vista SP1???
>>
>> Hi Eriq,
>>
>> First Problem:
>>
>> Right click on the desktop and click View, make sure that "Auto
>> Arrange" and "Align to Grid" is not dotted. This will let you place the
>> icons where you like and have them stay there on the desktop.
>>
>>
>> Second Problem:
>>
>> I noticed that if I did not let the pointer hover over the icon for a
>> second before pressing Shift and right clicking, it may do this. You
>> might try and see.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> --
>> brink
>>
>> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
>> '*Vista Forums*'
>> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
>> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>