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I am a software engineer with over 25 years of experience,
and am very familiar with the machinations of DOS and Windows,
but I have a peculiar problem that has me flummoxed!
I like to keep the the "MS-DOS Prompt" icon on the lower left
of my Windows ME screen.
However, every time I turn on or reboot the computer,
the icon moves above the aforementioned position
to the left center of the screen, where there happens to be a gap
between other folder and shortcut icons.
If I move the MS-DOS prompt back to the lower left,
and move the other icons to fill-in the gap,
it will still move to wherever there's a gap on the left side!
Unfortunately, I don't have another icon to fill in enough space
so that the MS-DOS prompt won't move at all
(besides, why should it be necessary???).
It didn't always do this, so I thought that it might be the fault
of a "new" program that was loaded within the past year,
but, for the life of me, I can't figure out what that could be!
The "Auto Arrange" is off.
There are no "Properties" for the MS-DOS Prompt
that I can see would have anything to do with this problem.
There are no virii or spyware that my software has detected.
The MS-DOS Prompt itself is not actively selected,
and, in most cases, it isn't even used before it happens.
It *might* move while I have other windows covering it,
but I'm not 100% sure of that (I get easily distracted!).
No other icons or shortcuts move or seem to be affected in any way.
If anyone has any thoughts, or, preferably, a solution
concerning this problem, then please let me know via this newsgroup.
If there's a webpage that describes this problem (yes, I searched!),
then just give me the URL.
Thanks in advance!
-----
Bond . . . James Bond
Do not reply via e-mail.
The address is phony to prevent spam, etc.
Thank you for understanding.
I am a software engineer with over 25 years of experience,
and am very familiar with the machinations of DOS and Windows,
but I have a peculiar problem that has me flummoxed!
I like to keep the the "MS-DOS Prompt" icon on the lower left
of my Windows ME screen.
However, every time I turn on or reboot the computer,
the icon moves above the aforementioned position
to the left center of the screen, where there happens to be a gap
between other folder and shortcut icons.
If I move the MS-DOS prompt back to the lower left,
and move the other icons to fill-in the gap,
it will still move to wherever there's a gap on the left side!
Unfortunately, I don't have another icon to fill in enough space
so that the MS-DOS prompt won't move at all
(besides, why should it be necessary???).
It didn't always do this, so I thought that it might be the fault
of a "new" program that was loaded within the past year,
but, for the life of me, I can't figure out what that could be!
The "Auto Arrange" is off.
There are no "Properties" for the MS-DOS Prompt
that I can see would have anything to do with this problem.
There are no virii or spyware that my software has detected.
The MS-DOS Prompt itself is not actively selected,
and, in most cases, it isn't even used before it happens.
It *might* move while I have other windows covering it,
but I'm not 100% sure of that (I get easily distracted!).
No other icons or shortcuts move or seem to be affected in any way.
If anyone has any thoughts, or, preferably, a solution
concerning this problem, then please let me know via this newsgroup.
If there's a webpage that describes this problem (yes, I searched!),
then just give me the URL.
Thanks in advance!
-----
Bond . . . James Bond
Do not reply via e-mail.
The address is phony to prevent spam, etc.
Thank you for understanding.
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