Icon arrangement on desktop

Right-click menu changed

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hi
just started using my registered Icon Packager.
Thought this might resolve with registration.
Why can't I put my desktop icons where i want them.
They keep auto-arranging to top left border.
Also desktop right-click menu has lost lots of options, inc "auto-arrange".
Phil
iconpackager
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also desktop right-click menu has lost lots of options, inc "auto-arrange".
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and I'm guessing it has a check mark to the left

it's a 'toggle'

click it and the check mark goes away and it's not longer auto arranging - then you can put them where you want
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Don't think you get it?
Auto-arrange is no longer an item on right-click menu.
So can't be toggled on and off.
Perhaps you mean a toggle elsewhere?
So where?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
lost lots of options
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oops, missed the 'lost' part


are you also using Right Click from Stardock?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
what OS?
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if XP and not using SD's Right Click:

maybe #56 (right) or #203 (right)?
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
*tap
*tap

this thing on?
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
XP, not using SD Right Click.
What u mean by number then right in bracket?
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What u mean by number then right in bracket?
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well crap, forgot to link them


the numbers apply to this page


right = right column
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
try unchecking "align to grid"...
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That should fix it and HGE gets Pizza  
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
woohoo.. today.. is a good day
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
try unchecking "align to grid"...
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(Moderator)elvee
November 25, 2007 21:37:57
Reply #11
That should fix it and HGE gets Pizza
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(JourneyMan)HG_Eliminator
November 25, 2007 21:41:20
Reply #12
woohoo.. today.. is a good day
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ummm....


align to grid only keeps them even horiz/vert ... it doesn't make them all go to the left corner... that's auto arrange... which is one of the options not showing on OP's right click


so far, pizza's mine
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it works on mine weres my pizza ?
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
can you unload whatever rightclick you're using? if so, just unload it and uncheck auto-arrange....
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

align to grid only keeps them even horiz/vert ... it doesn't make them all go to the left corner... that's auto arrange... which is one of the options not showing on OP's right click
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Sorry your right...

But we still get pizza..right?

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i unchecked the align to grid and can drag the icons wherever i want and they don't move anywhere... thus they are not aligning to the left..
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Don't think you get it?
Auto-arrange is no longer an item on right-click menu.
So can't be toggled on and off.
Perhaps you mean a toggle elsewhere?
So where?
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Thats what he is talking about HG_E.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Why can't I put my desktop icons where i want them.
They keep auto-arranging to top left border.
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after turning off "align to grid" i can drag them wherever i want without them moving to the top left corner. so as far as i can see it's not auto arranging them either with align to grid unticked.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hey HG_E... uncheck align to grid and check auto arrange and try it
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I realize that but he said his dont show the option to uncheck auto arrange as its not there.. so im thinking they might have combined the 2 .. I still have both options in my desktop settings menu..
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
he may have to Dl a XP tweaking utility and use the desktop icon settings and stop the auto arrange that way..if some recent XP update hid the option...
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
seems the more ya update XP the fewer options there are .. as they seem to be disappearing...
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hey chaps, what about me?
NEway, I sort of gave up, for a while.
This altered right-click thingy seems to be related to IconX, I think.
I had bigger trouble with desktop refreshing every 5 secs and reloading systray.
Stopped that by uninstalling WB6 and reinstalling, may be coincidence.

I'll just finish the pizza and get back to it!
Phil
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This altered right-click thingy seems to be related to IconX, I think.
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shouldn't, even though auto arrange doesn't seem to be an option when iconx is running
I set my icons on auto arrange, ran iconx... can drag to where I want... unload iconx and they're back where they started