Saving Your Desktop Layout

Here are the steps to save your desktop layout:
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1.Go to http://www.annoyances.org/exec/software/layout  and download the layout.zip file, saving it to your desktop.

2.Open  layout.zip ,and inside you’ll find two files.The .dll file you can find else where on the Web, but the other (the .reg file) has been specifi-ally modified for this book to work with Vista.


3.Copy  the layout.dll file to your C:\Windows\System32 folder.

4.Double-click the other file, install.reg, and answer Yes when asked whether you want to continue.

5.Next,right-click an empty area of your desktop and select "SaveDesktop Icon Layout "

6.The next time Windows messes up your icons, just right-click an empty area  of your desktop and select Restore Desktop Icon Layout.