Linked Notes (2010 Beta): Desktop Icons shift

[djprius]

I have WinXP (sp3). When I use the new 2010 Linked Notes feature, all
my Desktop icons on the right hand side of the screen are shifted to the
left hand side, in a random pattern, and do *not* restore after I close
the linked note.

I have stopped using Linked Notes because it is too much trouble to
re-position all these icons after each Linked Note use.

Do others have the same issue?

Has anyone found a way to avoid this annoying problem?

David

 

[Erik Sojka]

The shifting seems to be by design. The Linked Notes window will be a
"permanent" part of the desktop while it is activated and the icons
underneath will need to be moved so they can continue to be accessible.
This is similar to what happens if you resize or move the Task Bar.

I don't have access to an XP machine to test on, but there may be settings
that say to lock icons or automatically sort or something that may help.

What you can also do is to reposition the icons to where you want them
while the LN window is open so that future times you open the LN window,
they are not moved.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

I don't have access to an XP machine to test on, but there may be settings
that say to lock icons or automatically sort or something that may help.

Right-click the desktop, select View, then turn on Auto-Arrange Icons
and Align to Grid. That should do the job.

//Steve//

 

[djprius]

Right-click the desktop, select View, then turn on Auto-Arrange Icons
and Align to Grid. That should do the job.

//Steve//

I have my Desktop icons placed in groups at various places on the
Desktop in an order that is meaningful to me. Hence, the suggestion to
use "Auto-Arrange" does not work -- since it pushes them all to the left
edge in an order that Microsoft decides.

David

 

[Steve Silverwood]

I have my Desktop icons placed in groups at various places on the
Desktop in an order that is meaningful to me. Hence, the suggestion to
use "Auto-Arrange" does not work -- since it pushes them all to the left
edge in an order that Microsoft decides.

Another option, then, might be to use a program called Fences from
Stardock. Visit www.stardock.com for details. I believe there is a
free version you can download, as well as a more full-featured paid
version. Might be worth investigating.

What it does is let you set up areas on your desktop -- fenced in, so
to speak -- into which you can put icons that will stay penned up
within those fences. It's a pretty slick tool; I use it myself along
with several other Stardock tools.

//Steve//

 

[djprius]

Another option, then, might be to use a program called Fences from
Stardock. Visit www.stardock.com for details. I believe there is a
free version you can download, as well as a more full-featured paid
version. Might be worth investigating.

What it does is let you set up areas on your desktop -- fenced in, so
to speak -- into which you can put icons that will stay penned up
within those fences. It's a pretty slick tool; I use it myself along
with several other Stardock tools.

//Steve//

Steve,

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out and let you know if the icons
stay 'locked'in position when I use Linked Notes (available in ON 2010
beta).

David

 

[djprius]

Another option, then, might be to use a program called Fences from
Stardock. Visit www.stardock.com for details. I believe there is a
free version you can download, as well as a more full-featured paid
version. Might be worth investigating.

What it does is let you set up areas on your desktop -- fenced in, so
to speak -- into which you can put icons that will stay penned up
within those fences. It's a pretty slick tool; I use it myself along
with several other Stardock tools.

//Steve//

Steve,
I tried Fences. It does exactly what I want: holds all icons in
their arrangement and position when using the new Linked Notes feature
in ON 2010 (beta).

Thanks!!

(I downloaded to the free version to see if it works (and it does),
but I'm now going to buy the full version, which is just $19.95.)

David

 

[Steve Silverwood]

I tried Fences. It does exactly what I want: holds all icons in
their arrangement and position when using the new Linked Notes feature
in ON 2010 (beta).

Thanks!!

(I downloaded to the free version to see if it works (and it does),
but I'm now going to buy the full version, which is just $19.95.)

Glad it was of help.

//Steve//