{"id":17983,"date":"2015-08-07T00:55:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T23:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=17983"},"modified":"2023-04-28T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T12:39:00","slug":"windows-10-desktop-icon-layout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=17983","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Desktop Icon Layout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Note that this is an old post. Windows isn&#8217;t so bad with this these days (2022).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All versions of Windows have had an annoying feature whereby changing the screen resolution \u2013 and that includes when you\u2019re updating your graphics drivers \u2013 the layout of your icons gets messed up. It\u2019s already happened a couple of times with Windows 10, so I did a bit of scouting to see if there was anything out there which can save the layout and then restore it if needs be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Windows 10 being so new, I didn\u2019t expect to find anything specifically written for it. But I got lucky, <a title=\"Relcon download site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sordum.org\/8366\/reicon-v1-6-restore-desktop-icon-layouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and found a small utility called ReIcon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 695px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 695\/468;background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Relcon icon layout utility\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/relcon.jpg\" alt=\"Relcon icon layout utility\" width=\"695\" height=\"468\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\">\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It runs without having to be installed so it doesn\u2019t make any changes to your system. It downloads as a <strong>.zip<\/strong> file containing both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and all you need to do is copy the <strong>ReIcon_x64.exe<\/strong> file to a folder on your hard drive. When you run it, it creates two additional <strong>.ini<\/strong> files in the folder you saved it to (for that reason it\u2019s better not to copy it straight to your desktop).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you run it you get the window shown above. All you have to do to save your layout is click the <strong>Save Icon Layout<\/strong> button (the one which looks like a disk), and it creates a file. If your icons get messed up, click the <strong>Restore Icon Layout<\/strong> button (it looks like a clock face) and they all go back to their original positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It works with all Windows versions from XP through to Windows 10. It\u2019s free, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note that this is an old post. Windows isn&#8217;t so bad with this these days (2022). All versions of Windows have had an annoying feature whereby changing the screen resolution \u2013 and that includes when you\u2019re updating your graphics drivers \u2013 the layout of your icons gets messed up. 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