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Join Date: Oct 1999
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Quick question: Does anyone know why the icon for my 2nd hard drive ( an IBM 2Gb external SCSI) won't stay where I put it on the Desktop ? I'm running OS 8.5.1 on a PPC 603e chip system. It really irks me--- I've Saved and Rebuilt the desktop using Tech Tool lite (1.1.9) , Tech tool Pro 2.5.4 , Conflict Catcher 8.06, standard Mac OS startup key rebuild....Norton Utilites...ad absurdum , both drives. But that damn icon still wanders off.
Is this an 8.5.1 bug or what ? It's only that one icon that does it.
(By the way, that spurious drive is formatted/run by FWB Hard Disk Toolkit PE 3.0.1 )
-dewd
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Try this reference to immovable icons. It might apply to you. If it does, ResEdit could solve the problem quickly.
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I've actually had this happen on my imac. Usually, it's when I've been running something that takes over the whole screen, like a game... upon quitting, sometimes my hard drive icon is moved from standard position to in the middle of my screen.
If I don't move it back right away and start another game, upon quitting it will have moved another jump over to the left.
odd. doesn't seem harmful though.
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Upon rereading the posts, it sounds more like icons that wander around, rather than insisting on staying put.
Desktop icons often get remapped after screen resolution is changed - such as by a game.
Try these shareware utilities:
Desktop Resetter
Restore Desktop
[This message has been edited by reader50 (edited 06-26-2000).]
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