Desktop icons do not auto arrange correctly.

Thanks for the information.
No!
I haven't changed the Horizontal/Vertical settings, but I have a lot of
icons on my desktop. I don't think this can be the reason.
I searched Microsoft web pages, but I could find nothing.

Javad

"PCR" wrote in message
...
(1) Have you changed the grid-- Icon Spacing horizontal/vertical-- in
"Control Panel, Display, Appearance tab, Item dropdown menu"? For a
1024x768 screen, mine are...

Horizontal... 62.
Vertical....... 56.

(2) Have you got too many icons for Auto Arrange to handle? Then one of
the following articles has a solution-- make folders for them.

(3) I guess read these articles, from...
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...dv=1&spid=1139 MSKB
Search "arrange icons auto arrange"; Windows 98; Weighted; Full Text;
All Words; Anytime...

• How to Recover Icons Accidentally Removed from the Desktop
(279109) - When you move a group of desktop icons, you may remove some
of the icons from the visible desktop. To view the missing icons again,
follow these steps: Right-click a blank portion of the desktop.Click
Arrange Icons, and then click Auto...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279109

• How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop
(289587) - This article describes how to arrange, move, and change icons
on the desktop. How to Arrange or Move Icons To arrange icons by name,
type, date, or size, right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then
click Arrange Icons . Click the command...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;289587

• Icons Disappear or You Cannot Move Icons on the Desktop
(137069) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you add a new
icon to the desktop, the icon may seem to disappear if the desktop
already has a large number of icons. Although you cannot see the icon,
you can find it using the Find tool, and it...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137069

• Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change Display
Settings
(262885) - When you change your display settings to high contrast by
using the Accessibility Options tool in Control Panel, the desktop icons
may be displayed close together or on top of each other. This behavior
can occur if vertical icon spacing is set to...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;262885


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"mcracer" wrote in message
...
| I am unable to get my desktop icons to auto arrange correctly. The
auto
| arrange function seems to work when you turn it on and off, however
the grid
| that it aligns to is very random. I seems to skip and leave open
spots
| randomly. If you try and drag an icon to a blank spot it re-arranges
but
| again leaves the blank spot without an icon.
|
| Is there a registry key that I should look at that controls this?

I reinstalled my windows and now my auto-arrange icon is on, but I know that
my screen resolution was 600*800 when I had the problem and I had never
changed icon spacing. That was really a funny problem. Every time I
reinstalled my windows the problem was gone, but it came back after a while.
Right now I don't have the problem, it may appear after some while.

Thanks anyway.
Javad


"PCR" wrote in message
...
Well, better read the articles to see whether you have some that are off
the visible area. Also, did you go look to see what your Icon Spacing
is? What? And what screen resolution?

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Javad" wrote in message
...
| Thanks for the information.
| No!
| I haven't changed the Horizontal/Vertical settings, but I have a lot
of
| icons on my desktop. I don't think this can be the reason.
| I searched Microsoft web pages, but I could find nothing.
|
| Javad
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| (1) Have you changed the grid-- Icon Spacing horizontal/vertical--
in
| "Control Panel, Display, Appearance tab, Item dropdown menu"? For a
| 1024x768 screen, mine are...
|
| Horizontal... 62.
| Vertical....... 56.
|
| (2) Have you got too many icons for Auto Arrange to handle? Then one
of
| the following articles has a solution-- make folders for them.
|
| (3) I guess read these articles, from...
| http://search.support.microsoft.com/...dv=1&spid=1139 MSKB
| Search "arrange icons auto arrange"; Windows 98; Weighted; Full
Text;
| All Words; Anytime...
|
| • How to Recover Icons Accidentally Removed from the Desktop
| (279109) - When you move a group of desktop icons, you may remove
some
| of the icons from the visible desktop. To view the missing icons
again,
| follow these steps: Right-click a blank portion of the desktop.Click
| Arrange Icons, and then click Auto...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279109
|
| • How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop
| (289587) - This article describes how to arrange, move, and change
icons
| on the desktop. How to Arrange or Move Icons To arrange icons by
name,
| type, date, or size, right-click a blank area on the desktop, and
then
| click Arrange Icons . Click the command...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;289587
|
| • Icons Disappear or You Cannot Move Icons on the Desktop
| (137069) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you add a
new
| icon to the desktop, the icon may seem to disappear if the desktop
| already has a large number of icons. Although you cannot see the
icon,
| you can find it using the Find tool, and it...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137069
|
| • Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change Display
| Settings
| (262885) - When you change your display settings to high contrast by
| using the Accessibility Options tool in Control Panel, the desktop
icons
| may be displayed close together or on top of each other. This
behavior
| can occur if vertical icon spacing is set to...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;262885
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "mcracer" wrote in message
| ...
| | I am unable to get my desktop icons to auto arrange correctly.
The
| auto
| | arrange function seems to work when you turn it on and off,
however
| the grid
| | that it aligns to is very random. I seems to skip and leave open
| spots
| | randomly. If you try and drag an icon to a blank spot it
re-arranges
| but
| | again leaves the blank spot without an icon.
| |
| | Is there a registry key that I should look at that controls this?
|
|
|
|

I am unable to get my desktop icons to auto arrange correctly. The auto
arrange function seems to work when you turn it on and off, however the grid
that it aligns to is very random. I seems to skip and leave open spots
randomly. If you try and drag an icon to a blank spot it re-arranges but
again leaves the blank spot without an icon.

Is there a registry key that I should look at that controls this?

(1) Have you changed the grid-- Icon Spacing horizontal/vertical-- in
"Control Panel, Display, Appearance tab, Item dropdown menu"? For a
1024x768 screen, mine are...

Horizontal... 62.
Vertical....... 56.

(2) Have you got too many icons for Auto Arrange to handle? Then one of
the following articles has a solution-- make folders for them.

(3) I guess read these articles, from...
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...dv=1&spid=1139 MSKB
Search "arrange icons auto arrange"; Windows 98; Weighted; Full Text;
All Words; Anytime...

• How to Recover Icons Accidentally Removed from the Desktop
(279109) - When you move a group of desktop icons, you may remove some
of the icons from the visible desktop. To view the missing icons again,
follow these steps: Right-click a blank portion of the desktop.Click
Arrange Icons, and then click Auto...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279109

• How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop
(289587) - This article describes how to arrange, move, and change icons
on the desktop. How to Arrange or Move Icons To arrange icons by name,
type, date, or size, right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then
click Arrange Icons . Click the command...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;289587

• Icons Disappear or You Cannot Move Icons on the Desktop
(137069) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you add a new
icon to the desktop, the icon may seem to disappear if the desktop
already has a large number of icons. Although you cannot see the icon,
you can find it using the Find tool, and it...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137069

• Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change Display
Settings
(262885) - When you change your display settings to high contrast by
using the Accessibility Options tool in Control Panel, the desktop icons
may be displayed close together or on top of each other. This behavior
can occur if vertical icon spacing is set to...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;262885


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"mcracer" wrote in message
...
| I am unable to get my desktop icons to auto arrange correctly. The
auto
| arrange function seems to work when you turn it on and off, however
the grid
| that it aligns to is very random. I seems to skip and leave open
spots
| randomly. If you try and drag an icon to a blank spot it re-arranges
but
| again leaves the blank spot without an icon.
|
| Is there a registry key that I should look at that controls this?

Well, better read the articles to see whether you have some that are off
the visible area. Also, did you go look to see what your Icon Spacing
is? What? And what screen resolution?

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Javad" wrote in message
...
| Thanks for the information.
| No!
| I haven't changed the Horizontal/Vertical settings, but I have a lot
of
| icons on my desktop. I don't think this can be the reason.
| I searched Microsoft web pages, but I could find nothing.
|
| Javad
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| (1) Have you changed the grid-- Icon Spacing horizontal/vertical--
in
| "Control Panel, Display, Appearance tab, Item dropdown menu"? For a
| 1024x768 screen, mine are...
|
| Horizontal... 62.
| Vertical....... 56.
|
| (2) Have you got too many icons for Auto Arrange to handle? Then one
of
| the following articles has a solution-- make folders for them.
|
| (3) I guess read these articles, from...
| http://search.support.microsoft.com/...dv=1&spid=1139 MSKB
| Search "arrange icons auto arrange"; Windows 98; Weighted; Full
Text;
| All Words; Anytime...
|
| • How to Recover Icons Accidentally Removed from the Desktop
| (279109) - When you move a group of desktop icons, you may remove
some
| of the icons from the visible desktop. To view the missing icons
again,
| follow these steps: Right-click a blank portion of the desktop.Click
| Arrange Icons, and then click Auto...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279109
|
| • How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop
| (289587) - This article describes how to arrange, move, and change
icons
| on the desktop. How to Arrange or Move Icons To arrange icons by
name,
| type, date, or size, right-click a blank area on the desktop, and
then
| click Arrange Icons . Click the command...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;289587
|
| • Icons Disappear or You Cannot Move Icons on the Desktop
| (137069) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you add a
new
| icon to the desktop, the icon may seem to disappear if the desktop
| already has a large number of icons. Although you cannot see the
icon,
| you can find it using the Find tool, and it...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137069
|
| • Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change Display
| Settings
| (262885) - When you change your display settings to high contrast by
| using the Accessibility Options tool in Control Panel, the desktop
icons
| may be displayed close together or on top of each other. This
behavior
| can occur if vertical icon spacing is set to...
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;262885
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "mcracer" wrote in message
| ...
| | I am unable to get my desktop icons to auto arrange correctly.
The
| auto
| | arrange function seems to work when you turn it on and off,
however
| the grid
| | that it aligns to is very random. I seems to skip and leave open
| spots
| | randomly. If you try and drag an icon to a blank spot it
re-arranges
| but
| | again leaves the blank spot without an icon.
| |
| | Is there a registry key that I should look at that controls this?
|
|
|
|

You never changed the Icon Spacing is one thing, but some misbehaving
app may have a mind of it's own. So, you should have gone to see what it
was. One of those articles did say a cure might be to go to a larger
Screen Area. So, it could be some app is fooling with Screen Area
(resolution) or Icon Spacing. I do know some apps do complain when my
resolution is below 1024x768. (Could be my Compaq Diagnostics is one.)

I, myself, have sworn never to attempt to go below 1024x768 again, but
my memory begins to dim on precisely how horrible the experience was. I
think what happened was windows were too large to fit on the screen,
last time I broke that vow.



--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Javad" wrote in message
...
| I reinstalled my windows and now my auto-arrange icon is on, but I
know that
| my screen resolution was 600*800 when I had the problem and I had
never
| changed icon spacing. That was really a funny problem. Every time I
| reinstalled my windows the problem was gone, but it came back after a
while.
| Right now I don't have the problem, it may appear after some while.
|
| Thanks anyway.
| Javad
|
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| Well, better read the articles to see whether you have some that are
off
| the visible area. Also, did you go look to see what your Icon
Spacing
| is? What? And what screen resolution?
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Javad" wrote in message
| ...
| | Thanks for the information.
| | No!
| | I haven't changed the Horizontal/Vertical settings, but I have a
lot
| of
| | icons on my desktop. I don't think this can be the reason.
| | I searched Microsoft web pages, but I could find nothing.
| |
| | Javad
| |
| | "PCR" wrote in message
| | ...
| | (1) Have you changed the grid-- Icon Spacing
horizontal/vertical--
| in
| | "Control Panel, Display, Appearance tab, Item dropdown menu"?
For a
| | 1024x768 screen, mine are...
| |
| | Horizontal... 62.
| | Vertical....... 56.
| |
| | (2) Have you got too many icons for Auto Arrange to handle? Then
one
| of
| | the following articles has a solution-- make folders for them.
| |
| | (3) I guess read these articles, from...
| | http://search.support.microsoft.com/...dv=1&spid=1139
MSKB
| | Search "arrange icons auto arrange"; Windows 98; Weighted; Full
| Text;
| | All Words; Anytime...
| |
| | • How to Recover Icons Accidentally Removed from the Desktop
| | (279109) - When you move a group of desktop icons, you may
remove
| some
| | of the icons from the visible desktop. To view the missing icons
| again,
| | follow these steps: Right-click a blank portion of the
desktop.Click
| | Arrange Icons, and then click Auto...
| | http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279109
| |
| | • How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop
| | (289587) - This article describes how to arrange, move, and
change
| icons
| | on the desktop. How to Arrange or Move Icons To arrange icons by
| name,
| | type, date, or size, right-click a blank area on the desktop,
and
| then
| | click Arrange Icons . Click the command...
| | http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;289587
| |
| | • Icons Disappear or You Cannot Move Icons on the Desktop
| | (137069) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you
add a
| new
| | icon to the desktop, the icon may seem to disappear if the
desktop
| | already has a large number of icons. Although you cannot see the
| icon,
| | you can find it using the Find tool, and it...
| | http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137069
| |
| | • Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change
Display
| | Settings
| | (262885) - When you change your display settings to high
contrast by
| | using the Accessibility Options tool in Control Panel, the
desktop
| icons
| | may be displayed close together or on top of each other. This
| behavior
| | can occur if vertical icon spacing is set to...
| | http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;262885
| |
| |
| | --
| | Thanks or Good Luck,
| | There may be humor in this post, and,
| | Naturally, you will not sue,
| | should things get worse after this,
| | PCR
| |
| | "mcracer" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | I am unable to get my desktop icons to auto arrange correctly.
| The
| | auto
| | | arrange function seems to work when you turn it on and off,
| however
| | the grid
| | | that it aligns to is very random. I seems to skip and leave
open
| | spots
| | | randomly. If you try and drag an icon to a blank spot it
| re-arranges
| | but
| | | again leaves the blank spot without an icon.
| | |
| | | Is there a registry key that I should look at that controls
this?
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|