There are a lot of programs you can use to manage desktop icons and their positions. I’ve used a couple over the last few years, but one that I really like is DesktopOK. It’s free and works on up till Windows 8. ..
Once you download the program, you first need to change the language to English! Be default, it’s set to German and therefore you can’t figure out how to do anything. However, you’ll see a small little button at the bottom left with the German flag on it. Go ahead and click on that and then choose English at the top. It’s also translated in a bunch of other languages, so feel free to use whichever language works for you.
The first button is the “New” button. This will create a new article. The second button is the “Edit” button. This will edit the article.
Restore – When you select an icon layout from the list, you can restore it by pressing and then selecting Restore.
To save a desktop icon layout, open the System Preferences and select the Desktop Icon Layout tab. In the left-hand pane, you will see a list of all yourdesktop icons. To save an icon layout, click on the blue arrow next to the name of the layout you want to create. The next screen will ask for your desktop icons’ state. If you have any inactive desktop icons, they will be listed in this column and if you have any active desktop icons, they will be listed in this column with a check mark next to them. You can also drag and drop any of yourdesktop icons into this column to change their state. If you want to remove an existing desktop icon layout, just click on the red arrow next to it and it will take you to the original screen where you could choose another layout or delete it completely.
You can also save a layout as a PDF by going to File > Save As and selecting PDF from the drop-down.
Your save will also include the following: -The name of the character you just saved -The date and time of your save -The location of your save -The dialogue that was used in your save
If you don’t like the default names, you can change them by just clicking twice over the name or you can press the little black ab button. Under Options, you can do other interesting things like save the icon layout on shutdown and restore it on startup or restore a specific layout on every startup.
The Auto-Save feature is a great way to keep your work organized. You can have the program save the icon layout every 15 minutes, hour, 6th hour or every day. You can keep up to the last 32 layouts and only save a new layout if there is a change to the layout. That last option is really useful because you don’t want 32 saved layouts that are exactly the same. ..
The Tools menu on the program’s main screen includes options for organizing windows, automatically hiding the cursor, and automatically hiding desktop icons and links for quickly opening system dialogs.
I don’t really use these features too much, but they’re nice to have them. Overall, I think it’s a nifty little program that is updated pretty often by the developer. Bugs are always being fixed and new features being added. I mainly use it in its simplest form to save and load my default desktop icon layout when my laptop isn’t connected to anything. When it gets messed up by some external display, I just press one button and it’s all back to normal.
If you’re using a different program or have any questions about this one, feel free to post a comment. Enjoy! ..
