[GRLUG] ritual complaint re Windows

[Eric Beversluis]

There are a number of utilities that will save desktop layout, such as
DesktopOK:

Google: windows desktop save icon layout

I had one working on my Vista install; too bad I still need to use one.
Hassle. Have to remember to update the file each time you add something
to the desktop.
On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 18:20 -0400, Bill Littlejohn wrote:
> In short, if a user creates a shortcut that points to a location that
> isn’t available at the time when the weekly scheduled system
> maintenance task is running, the shortcuts are considered as broken
> and therefore automatically deleted. 
> 
>         Open gpedit.msc
>         Go to “Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \
>         System \ Troubleshooting and Diagnostics”
>         Double-click “Configure Scheduled Maintenance Behavior”
>         Enable the policy and set Execution Level to “Troubleshooting
>         Only”
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Joseph Workman
> <joseph.workman at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Ha! That is awesome.
>         
>         
>         So how are you fixing this little issue ?
>         
>         
>         On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Bill Littlejohn
>         <billl at mtd-inc.com> wrote:
>         
>                 
>                 I rolled out a few win7 machines lately and 2 users
>                 called last week to report that most of their desktop
>                 shortcuts had been deleted mysteriously. It turns out
>                 Win7 scheduled maintenance automatically (by default)
>                 deletes any broken shortcuts for you. So if your
>                 mapped network drives go offline.. all your shortcuts
>                 get deleted for you.
>                 Awesome. Good job M$.
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Don Ellis
>                 <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
>                         Well, that's consistent at least. They decide
>                         what you should want to
>                         do and how you should want to do it, and do it
>                         for you. Lots of
>                         surprises, and keeps you on your toes.
>                         
>                         And, each new release of Windows does it
>                         differently. Lots of innovation!
>                         
>                         <end sarcasm>
>                         
>                         --Don Ellis
>                         
>                         
>                         
>                         On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Eric
>                         Beversluis
>                         <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
>                         > I was messing with OneNote when somehow it
>                         went and re-arranged all the
>                         > carefully arranged and grouped icons
>                         (60-some) on my Windows desktop.
>                         >
>                         > Thanks, Bill Gates.
>                         
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