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Hi,<br />
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You mean auto arranging of desktop icon, correct?<br />
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Right-click on your desktop, click View, and then de-select Auto arrange icons.
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Worked Perfectly! thank you a very useful registry change!
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Hello,<br />
<br />
I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7.<br />
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In windows XP I used to be able to, in Windows Explorer, move the folders around the screen and not have then auto-arranged by Windows - I used to put for example personal folders on the left of the window and work folders on the right - it made it really easy to find things.<br />
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Is there any way in Windows 7 to switch off auto arrange of the folders so that I can arrange the on the screen how I would like them, as I did in Windows XP?<br />
<br />
If this is not possible in Windows 7 - is there a third party bit of software which would allow me to do this?<br />
<br />
Many thanks in advance<br />
<br />
GISVPN
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Hello,

I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7.

In windows XP I used to be able to, in Windows Explorer, move the folders around the screen and not have then auto-arranged by Windows - I used to put for example personal folders on the left of the window and work folders on the right - it made it really easy to find things.

Is there any way in Windows 7 to switch off auto arrange of the folders so that I can arrange the on the screen how I would like them, as I did in Windows XP?

If this is not possible in Windows 7 - is there a third party bit of software which would allow me to do this?

Many thanks in advance

GISVPN

Hi,

You mean auto arranging of desktop icon, correct?

Right-click on your desktop, click View, and then de-select Auto arrange icons.

Worked Perfectly! thank you a very useful registry change!

Windows 7  - Folder Auto Arrange in Windows Explorer

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