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folders to act like desktop?


Question Posted Saturday December 6 2008, 12:23 pm

is there any way to get your files to move wherever you want and stay that like you can move your icons on your desktop wherever and not have them line up by name? hopefully this makes sense.

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theymos answered Sunday December 7 2008, 1:26 pm:
In the explorer (folder) window, deselect View -> Auto Arrange (in the File, Edit... top menu). If Auto Arrange is greyed out, select View -> Details. In either case, it should now remember where you drag your folders. However, Vista is especially prone to forgetting your placement, so don't rely on this too much.

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Auto Arrange is greyed out in the "details" and "list" view. It will never remember your placement in "list" view, and it will always remember your placement in "details" view. List view is very similar to details, so you can just change it. In all the other view modes, Auto Arrange works like on the desktop.

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