Comments on: Save and Restore Desktop Icon Layout in Windows Vista

By: goombapatrol

goombapatrol — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:27:47 +0000

i’m working on vista 32bit.
it’s not rearranging my icons correctly.
for the most part it’s fine, but there’s a lot that are moved in the wrong spot.

strangely enough, a program i had previously tried does the same thing (iconrestorer).

any ideas?

By: chris

chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:04:37 +0000

Not working so well in Windows 7 FYI. The context menu options appear, but when you choose “Save Desktop Icon Layout” it doesn’t always show the confirmation box. I might try out FSL IconRestorer instead for Win7 users.

By: daaddy

daaddy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:40:21 +0000

rearranged my icons wrong and later not at all (64-bit)

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:55:44 +0000

The link to the zip file seems to be broken.

By: Todd Westin

Todd Westin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:23:45 +0000

For me, the issue is not the icons on my desktop, but rather the icons inside a folder ON the desktop. It’s full of powerpoint and .mp3 files from class. Can I make this software work for those files?

As you can imagine, the folder fills up pretty quickly daily. Vista likes to mess up my arrangement, which is infuriating. Solutions much appreciated!

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:53:59 +0000

This fix did not work for me. I run Windows Vista 64-bit Home Premium and when I clicked “Restore Icon Position”, it completely rearranged my desktop! WTH???

By: margaret wyatt

margaret wyatt — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:21:17 +0000

why can i get my icons to stay on my background icon windows to stay put

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:29:08 +0000

Does anyone still have the 64bit installer as the link for that no longer works

By: pete

pete — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:49:13 +0000

Brian,

I hope you come back some day and read this message.

You, sir, after 43 years “in the IT industry” are jaded and bitter. Go away.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:27:56 +0000

Thanks for posting this information. It works almost perfectly for me. Much appreciated.