It's just a small problem......

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Registered: 07-27-2000
It's just a small problem......
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Tue, 11-09-2004 - 7:12pm
But I don't understand why it happens. I learned how to lock my desktop items so they don't move all over the place when I sign off. But I have a bunch of folders I made up in "my documents". I understand all about those and how to create/move/delete, etc., but why won't they stay where I place them? They'll remain in the order I want them for awhile, but eventually I'll open up "my documents" and find they've scattered all over the place AGAIN. DH and I try to keep those kinds of folders separated. Again, it's just a minor problem, but is there a way to lock these folders so the computer doesn't arbitrarily just move them around? I've had problems INSIDE the folders, as well, same thing - I'll get them all neatly organized so I can find them fast, and eventually I'll open up the folders and find they are no longer organized at all, just scattered all over. How do you lock these things into position?

 


~~joannaran~~

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 1:26pm
You know I don't understand that either. My problem is that my photo folders do that. I will right click and "arrange by name" then later sometimes a day or 2 and they are mixed up again. For me I wonder if it don't have something to do with my digital camera. When I download the photos it makes a new folder so if I have pictures every day I will have a new folder. Once I fix, (resize, crop etc) and put them in the right folder I delete the generic one. Maybe my order gets messed up that way.

But when I open My Documents there will be a list by name,, but if I open it say to download something from the internet and I want to put it in my docs everything is out of order. It is like putting the car in the garage and going out to get in it and it is in the driveway. Not a big deal but still drives you nuts....lol

I am not sure there is a permanent solution for this so I just right click and put them back in order or, for a long time I just get used to finding my "Download "folder at the bottom of the list and my "Working" folder at the top.

If someone has found out how to keep them from wondering around let's hope they tell us....Janet

 


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Registered: 06-17-2003
Wed, 11-10-2004 - 2:37pm
This is a known problem with 98 and XP. There is no solution except for hardware.

What is happening is that one or more of your applications or devices is borrowing memory from your your on board graphics to operate and excelerate your program and or device. Since your desktop icons are also using the same memory, they take a backseat. This is commonly referred to as shelving. Like taking a book off the shelf and later putting it back at a different location. Nothing is missing just in a different place, only affects icons and typically all in one main boards on lower priced PC. Those with seperate graphic cards don't typically see this issue.

You can't fix it.

Ed

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Wed, 11-10-2004 - 7:16pm
LMAO, Janet, that absolutely cracked me up! Your comparison is dead on - leaving your car in the garage but finding it in the driveway, ha!!! If you have lots of things that do this, as well, it's probably not your digital camera, don't you think? I've collected so many neat little items over the years, and I'm the organized type, so it does bug me sometimes! But then, if only all the other things were so minor! It just bugs me when I can't figure it out!!! I ought to write to Dr. Bombay, he'd be sure to give me some really sarcastic response to this one! (Are you on the 50+ board, by the way? I qualify now, so I ought to give it a try again!)

 


~~joannaran~~

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Wed, 11-10-2004 - 7:23pm
Well, that's not what I was wanting to hear, ha! I want everything fixable!!! I have my desktop icons locked, they no longer move around at all. It's just in the main folders I created in "my documents" this is happening, I keep hoping there's a way to lock those, as well, but I've searched until my eyes bleed and found zero about it anywhere. That's when you come here, and no, I really won't write to Dr. Bombay - he'd have a field day with me over such a small thing. You're right, at least nothing is MISSING. What's considered a lower-priced PC nowdays, anyhow? This one wasn't cheap, just curious.

 


~~joannaran~~