Harvey,

Those settings are stored in the system registry files.
USER.DAT and/or SYSTEM.DAT

Both of these files are automatically backed up.
If we knew which version of Windows you, are using we could give more
specific answers.


----- Original Message -----
From: Harvey Segal <[log in to unmask]>



> With regard to my question:
> >Is there a way to save the appearance(content) of
> >the Windows Desktop so that you can restore it if you
> >inadvertently change it ?
>
> Two readers have suggested saving the folder
> Windows/Desktop but this appears to contain
> effectively only a list of the shortcuts.
>
> What I want to restore is the appearance i.e positions
> of these shortcuts (having arranged them in a
> desired way).
>
> So surely somewhere there must be a file which
> contains these positions ?
>
> Harvey Segal
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