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(Message started by: d4005 on Jun 6^th, 2019, 6:11am)

Title: Run restore-icons on Windows startup
Post by d4005 on Jun 6^th, 2019, 6:11am

Love restore desktop. Let's get that out of the way. It's a lifesaver. ;D

Is it possible though to force a desktop restore on startup? Some of us are getting our icon positions trashed after each restart (and sometimes even on a wake from sleep). It's no great hardship to have to right-click on the desktop and choose restore, but if I can automate it via startup folder (.bat file or running the dll with a parameter) that would be great.

I see someone else asked here (http://www.midiox.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=DesktopRestore;action=display;num=1491253032) but that thread was purely about command line and I'm opening it up to any method, plus that thread ground to a halt.

I realize that a potential downside of auto-restoring on startup is that any manual repositioning that we've done since the last restore (without having saved) would be nuked, but that's a risk I'm happy to take on.

Title: Re: Run restore-icons on Windows startup
Post by Jamie OConnell on Sep 27^th, 2022, 4:37pm

I just added a post about this. I'll add images as soon as possible.