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Dalal Registered 28/03/2004 Points 307	21st July, 2006 at 16:22:35 - I want to make a program which modifies the positions of the icons on the desktop, but I can't figure out exactly where the icon positions are stored on XP. I looked around on Google Groups and came across 5 or 6 completely different answers to the same question. Some said there was a file called desktop.ini, some gave Registry locations, some said there was a hidden file with a .ds extension on the desktop, but when I checked, there was no such file. I saw some source codes for altering the position of desktop icons, but they were mostly for Visual Basic. I need a way with MMF, so I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone knew how. Hope someone can help! Thanks, Dalal .bin there done .dat
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	22nd July, 2006 at 10:20:33 - Um... You can set icon size and spacing in the Screen properties window? Old member (~2004-2007).
Elzevich (Elly) van Müller Registered 19/07/2006 Points 18	23rd July, 2006 at 07:09:56 - I think how the registry stores icon placements differs from windows to windows. I only know the concrete answer to your question in win98, so no. Edited by the Author. n/a

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