can't keep desktop icons from auto arranging

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"franklin" <franklin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
| Even though auto arrange is NOT checked, desktop icons are auto arranged on
| the left . If I arrange them to my liking, they rearrange when I reboot.
| How I can stop auto arrange , when it isn't checked?

Try...

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 54,(Save Settings on Exit)

Save the .REG File to a hard disk.
Double click the .REG File; answer yes to the "Registry Editor" prompt.
(Open the .REG file in Notepad to view its contents.)
Then logoff, logon.