WARNING: The program called Task Layout was recently updated (early 2016) and the ZIP file contains a virus (Bitdefender alerted me). The authors – System Goods – did not see fit to reply to my request to confirm whether or not this was a false positive, so I have to assume that they know it contains a virus. A decent company would fall out of its tree if someone reported such a thing to them.
Do not install it under any circumstances. I have removed the old version from my machine.
Aaaand another thing… Windows 10 installs updates and reboots without much warning. Unlike Windows 7 (which wasn’t very good at this anyway) Windows 10 makes no attempt whatsoever to restore your desktop open apps to anything like what they were before the reboot.
While I was looking for a way of saving my icon layout I came across a small application which saves your desktop layout so – at the click of a button – you can open all the programs you use regularly in one go.
It’s called TaskLayout and it doesn’t have to be installed. It doesn’t even have a presence you can show other than an icon in the system tray. You have to right-click that icon and choose either Save Layout or Open Layout. It’s as simple as that.
It isn’t free, like ReIcon (the icon layout program), but it is very effective.
NOTE THE ABOVE VIRUS WARNING – DO NOT INSTALL THIS PROGRAM.