• W4.5 Desktop icon position

    From johnsuth@nospam.com.au@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 27 05:06:52 2019
    My Desktop icons were once where I wanted them (in columns according to my classification), but an unexplained catastrophe changed all that.

    Current desktop settings are Sort = Name, and Arrange = Standard. This is how they appear after each reboot.

    However, this conflicts with the setting View = As placed.

    There seems to be no option to not sort or arrange.

    I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock them in place.

    What did I do wrong?
    How can I correct it?

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  • From Andreas Schnellbacher@21:1/5 to johnsuth@nospam.com.au on Thu Nov 28 00:28:11 2019
    On 27.11.19 06:06, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
    them in place.

    Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for
    your desktop?

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    Andreas Schnellbacher

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  • From johnsuth@nospam.com.au@21:1/5 to Andreas Schnellbacher on Fri Nov 29 19:34:31 2019
    In <qrn0qc$2ec$1@news.albasani.net>, Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> writes:
    On 27.11.19 06:06, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
    from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
    them in place.

    Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for >your desktop?


    Yes; deactivating it changes the icon arrangement to another unhelpful one, but allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".

    Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful arrangement upon reboot.

    The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
    None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.

    Right click> "Lock in place" does not.

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  • From Dave Yeo@21:1/5 to johnsuth@nospam.com.au on Fri Nov 29 22:30:35 2019
    On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:
    In <qrn0qc$2ec$1@news.albasani.net>, Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> writes:
    On 27.11.19 06:06, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
    from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
    them in place.
    Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for
    your desktop?

    Yes; deactivating it changes the icon arrangement to another unhelpful one, but
    allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".

    Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful arrangement upon reboot.

    The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
    None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.

    Right click> "Lock in place" does not.



    Have you "Save Desktop properties" checked under the Desktop tab? Have
    you cleaned your ini files lately? Here with your settings, icons stay
    where they should, at least until I upgrade the OS, which does seem to
    cause problems.
    Dave

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  • From Andreas Schnellbacher@21:1/5 to Dave Yeo on Sat Nov 30 20:52:09 2019
    On 30.11.19 07:30, Dave Yeo wrote:

    On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
    arrangement upon reboot.

    Have you "Save Desktop properties" checked under the Desktop tab?

    That was also my guess.

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    Andreas Schnellbacher

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  • From johnsuth@nospam.com.au@21:1/5 to Dave Yeo on Wed Dec 4 05:56:53 2019
    In <qrt2ab$pv7$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:
    In <qrn0qc$2ec$1@news.albasani.net>, Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> writes:
    On 27.11.19 06:06, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
    from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
    them in place.
    Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for >>> your desktop?

    Yes; deactivating it changes the icon arrangement to another unhelpful one, but
    allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".

    Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
    arrangement upon reboot.

    The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
    None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.

    Right click> "Lock in place" does not.



    Have you "Save Desktop properties" checked under the Desktop tab? YES

    Have you cleaned your ini files lately? YES

    Here with your settings, icons stay where they should. YES

    I guess I will just have to put up with what I have got.

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  • From wbstclarke@gmail.com@21:1/5 to john...@nospam.com.au on Wed Dec 18 07:54:29 2019
    On Wednesday, 4 December 2019 05:57:10 UTC, john...@nospam.com.au wrote:
    In <qrt2ab$pv7$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> writes:
    On 11/29/19 11:34 AM, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:
    In <qrn0qc$2ec$1@news.albasani.net>, Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> writes:
    On 27.11.19 06:06, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    I did not place them in the Name + Standard position, and if I drag them away
    from boot up position, they fail to stick where I place them, so I cannot Lock
    them in place.
    Have you 'Properties -> Sort -> Always maintain sort order' activated for >>> your desktop?

    Yes; deactivating it changes the icon arrangement to another unhelpful one, but
    allows me to relocate icons. I guess it is IBM speak for "No sort".

    Whilst I can move the icons to where I want them, they revert to an unhelpful
    arrangement upon reboot.

    The View tab offers some arrangements which I can customise.
    None of them, including "As placed", survive reboot.

    Right click> "Lock in place" does not.



    Have you "Save Desktop properties" checked under the Desktop tab? YES

    Have you cleaned your ini files lately? YES

    Here with your settings, icons stay where they should. YES

    I guess I will just have to put up with what I have got.

    My guess is that "snap to grid" is activated, but I'm unsure how that is described for WsEB (Warp 4.5).

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