Harvey,

A piece of software designed to save/backup those settings is
a much more elegant solution.

I wasn't aware of such items.  That is a much safer way to
backup the data than tromping around in the registry.

Secondly, I mis-spoke when I said the registry files
are automatically backed up.  They can be backed up
but it is a manual process.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey Segal" <>

> Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]> wrote
>
> >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.
>
> Jim,
>
> I am using Windows 98 (dated 4.10.98 - if this helps)
>
> As an alternative, thanks to some very helpful
> advice from Deborah Warken, I have now  downloaded
> Desk Tidy from  http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/ which
> has this feature (saving the content and icon
> positions of the desktop)  and more.
>

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