This small free utility helps to keep the location of shortcuts on the desktop , and if they fail, help automatically, in a few clicks, to return everything to its proper place. And, for example, if you connect a second monitor, you have less expansion for less, so you can save the location for it , because DesktopOK allows you to store not one but several combinations of icons on the desktop for different monitor extensions on Windows 11, 10 , 8.1, 8, 7: Pro, Home, Enterprise, Basic, Premium, Professional, Starter, Ultimate, Windows-Server 2019, 2016, 2012.
The solution is simple to For what Explorer Fiend in Desktop O.K.? Was an user request for Classic Tree View for MS Windows 10, 8.1 and 7 in MS Explorer.
Add an option to save the dok files to AppData\Roaming\DesktopOK directory. Currently, the file is saved to the Desktop (might be where the exe is located) I can't use the registry due to permissions.
Your instructions are too technical for me to understand. I guess that I will just have to accept the fact that Windows, for whatever reason, will occasionally screw up my desktop. In the future I will simply rename my icons with a number to identify the row and position of each icon.