my pc at work is running windows 7 with a virtual xp. on a separate thread, i was helped to set up the virtual xp. one of the very minor problems was with the icons wandering around. midknight, train or someone pointed me to a registery modification using layout.dll that added "save desktop icon layout" and "restore desktop icon layout" to the right-click menu of the "my computer" icon. it works beautifully, btw.

we have a pc here that a number of people use. from time to time, someone rearranges all the icons on the desktop and changes the wallpaper so it becomes a visual nightmare. i thought to use the layout.dll and layout.reg files to install the same ability to restore the icons that i have in the virtual xp machine.

unfortunately, it does not add the options to the right-click menu.

i've googled this but most ppl say to use the "align to grid", etc functions already in windows. that's not what i want tho.

thanks in advance,

terry