Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.tele2net.at!news.panservice.it!feed.xsnews.nl!border02.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder04.ams.xsnews.nl!feeder03.ams.xsnews.nl!afo041.xennanews.com!not-for-mail From: "A.D. Fundum" Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.ecomstation,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc Subject: Re: SOLVED?: moving desktop icons with eCenter References: User-Agent: ProNews/2 V1.60.cp125 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@xennanews.com Organization: Xennanews Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:45:13 +0200 Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.53.88.202 (84.53.88.202) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:45:13 +0200 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.os2.apps:1981 comp.os.os2.ecomstation:776 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:1406 >>> You may want to use an utility to delete the position of the >>> desktop. >>> didn't work for me at all >> movingdesktopobjects100.zip > That was the utility, the one which unfortunately didn't > solve it at all, I was talking about. >> they do get messed up from time to time, and you >> will need to stop the icons from moving again. > Again I never experienced that., once it worked using a trick > which any user can try: > Shutdown... -> Restart -> OK-button Third system, same results. No more icons moving to the south. I also tried "SETBOOT /D", but that didn't kickstart the magic. Nor does any CAD-related reboot. This time the machine was an IBM ThinkPad X20, which has to be booted cold to avoid a fatal PCMCIA-related error, so most likely it's related to the way this specific shutdown works and/or the changed WPS setting (restarting is sticky, you'll have to reset it to Shutdown... -> Shutdown later). Required steps (eCS 1.2), without any icons too close to the edges of the desktop: cold boot, use the WPS scrollbar to restore the desired layout and to remove the scrollbar, Shutdown... -> Restart-radio button -> OK-button, power off before the OS is started (X20-specific), cold boot (X20-specific). Optional: enable the OS' WPS backup to save this situation next time, and Shutdown... -> Shutdown to restore that setting. If movingdesktopobjects100.zip worked for you (beyond removing an INI file entry), then YMMV. --