*Win98 ICON problem! PLEASE HELP! Icons won't stay put!*

[smokiestgopher]

Hey,
I've been using a K6-2.400/128mg/Win98-1 system for almost a year now with no problems whatsoever. Just within the last week a perplexing problem began in regard to the icons on my desktop ... they do their own thing after each restart.
If you aren't following what I'm attempting to describe, I don't blame you. Try this ...

Preferred Icon Position:
http://members.xoom.com/LastNiker2/preferred.jpg

Post-restart Position:
http://members.xoom.com/LastNiker2/restart.jpg

As you can see ... the damn icons alphabetize with two rows on the left side of the screen, and one squiggled row continuing on the right side.

/Right-Click/Arrange Icons/By Name/ works until a restart. I'm clueless -
Does anyone know a fix? A way to lock icons (think i remember hearing something about that)?
Anything helps,
Thanks in advance.
Peace.

 

[Ladi]

Have you turned off Auto-Arrange? (right-click>arrange icons>auto arrange check *off*)

~Ladi

 

[smokiestgopher]

Yea, that's off ... check out the pictures and you'll see how that couldn't be the case anyway.
Anyone else?

 

[eraser]

If you want the position of the icons to remain in place when machine restarts ensure that there are no checks next to any of the options on the menu that allows you to choose how you want the icons arranged. I do it in Win98 and Win2000, also have done it in Win95 no problems and the icons should remain in the place you manually set them when the machine is restarted.

Eraser

 

[smokiestgopher]

Nope, nothing checked - no matter what I do, when I restart, the icons are in that positioning shown in the "Post Restart" pic. I realize NORMALLY this doesn't happen, that is why this is obviously a PROBLEM.

It's not that has some large effect on my system, but when I arrange the icons manually, restart, and they are back to that hairbrained position time and time again it grows to be quite an annoyance. I guess this doesn't make sense to anyone.

It's cool.
A golf clap for those who attempted.

Peace.
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[Crypticburn]

damn, I really hate when that happens.... dontcha? You know that everything is set right, but it does something screwy.... this has happened to me in the past, and I dont remember what solved it, I think it either stopped, or I reinstalled... but not because of it.. I've reinstalled hundreds of times.... why? b/c I destabilize stable OS'es

 

[smokiestgopher]

LOL.

Yea, I think that's what is eventually going to happen anyway.

Thanks everyone.

Peace.

 

[TheyCallMeSAK]

In all my experience, Win98SE is much more stable than FE. NT is more stable, Win2K is the most stable and has good multimedia support, unlike NT4.
Good Luck.

 

[wnied]

Linkified for your viewing pleasure:

http://members.xoom.com/LastNiker2/preferred.jpg

http://members.xoom.com/LastNiker2/restart.jpg

wnied