unable to add icons to desktop

[bill]

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For some reason my Desktop prevents me from moving Icons to where ever I
want to.
I am limited to the first 2 1/2 columns on the left side. anyone have ideas
why this has happened?
running XP Home Update from 98SE.
K5OFY

 

[Guest]

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Hi Bill,

Right-click the desktop, click "arrange icons by" and uncheck
"auto-arrange".

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Bill" <k5ofy@arrl.net> wrote in message
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> For some reason my Desktop prevents me from moving Icons to where ever I
> want to.
> I am limited to the first 2 1/2 columns on the left side. anyone have
> ideas
> why this has happened?
> running XP Home Update from 98SE.
> K5OFY
>
>