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    Desktop Icons Keep Moving

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by citric, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. citric

    citric Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Dell Inspiron e1705 running Windows XP MCE. I arrange my icons so that they go across the top of the screen, and just a few on the left side. I do not have "Auto Arrange" checked. When it boots up, if the screen is open, it's fine, but recently when I have been coming to my laptop in the morning (I shut the laptop over night), it seems to have restarted and since it was closed, all the icons are very oddly in the upper left hand corner.

    It's really annoying rearranging my icons every single day, and I don't want to just align them on the left side. Is there anything I can do?
     
    citric, Jul 28, 2007
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  2. mtylerjr

    mtylerjr Notebook Deity

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    Do you have a wireless connection? Someone could be messing with your stuff via wireless from across the street.

    (grin)
     
    mtylerjr, Jul 28, 2007
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