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Scooter on 03/06/08


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Save/restore desktop icon layout

Published in: Windows Registry 

Adds ability to save and restore desktop icon layout from the desktop context menu. I modified it to display on the desktop context menu; original code displayed by right-clicking Recycle Bin, which doesn't make much sense.


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  1. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  2.  
  3. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}]
  4. @="Desktop Icon Layout"
  5.  
  6. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}\InProcServer32]
  7. @="Layout.dll"
  8. "ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
  9.  
  10. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\IconLayout]
  11. @="{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}"
  12.  
  13. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]
  14. "{19F500E0-9964-11cf-B63D-08002B317C03}"="Desktop Icon Layout"

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