layout.dll for icon arrangement

[straytoasters]

If you have a batch that puts in the .reg and you have a saved layout.dll of the arrangement you want and your batch puts that in the system32 directory, then what would be the cmd line for making layout.dll run (I know wrong wording for a .dll) so it would set up your desktop icons.

I searched but did not find this answer, forgive me if I missed it.

Thanks

Straytoasters

[nimd4]

Layout.dll is (apparently ) part of the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. So for that search, Google returned for me, as the number one result: PC Magazine Discussions - Layout.dll.

Save desktop icon positions

Tool Two files from the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit (26KB). Download them from http://www.pcnineoneone.com/tweaks/layout.zip

To give you this added functionality in XP, do the following

1. Download the file Layout.zip from the link under Tools above, and extract the contents to an empty directory.
   
2. Copy Layout.dll to the WindowsSystem32 directory on the hard drive which contains Windows XP.
   
3. Double click on the Layout.reg file to automatically make the appropriate changes to your registry.
   
4. Now go to your desktop and arrange the icons as you'd like them to be saved.
   
5. Once done, right click on the Recycle Bin and select 'Save Desktop Icon Layout'. The positions of all the icons are now saved. You can move the icons around freely, however whenever you want them restored to their original saved positions, right click on Recycle Bin again and select 'Restore Desktop Icon Layout'.
   
6. Be sure that you receive a popup msg "Desktop Icon Settings Saved". For some reason, unknown to me (running Winxp-SP2 Tablet PC Edition), it doesn't always save. It appears that it only actually does the save if you have received the above confirmation message. If anyone has a newer version or knows why this is happening, let us all know.
   

Thanks

Originally posted by gcoulter

Tnx 2 every1 involved!

ps. There are certainly other ways to tweak this functionality too!..

pps. This Google Search Query led me here.

Edited May 14, 2008 by nimd4