Flip screen size with all desktop icons intact with DesktopOK

[Windows Only]

Do you keep changing your Windows desktop resolution (screen size)? And are you among those who arrange their desktop icons to suit their needs and preferences? [I like the Recycle Bin to stay in the bottom-right of the desktop. Makes things lot easier as I can delete temporary files/folders that re on my desktop after work easily by dragging-and-dropping.]

Whenever you change the screen resolution one undesired thing that happens is that the desktop icons get re-arranged in a way that many people would not like. So, you end up spending good time arranging icon to your desired locations.

Here are two small freewares for Windows that will save you from the hassles when you change screen resolution or want to have different setting for icons –Icon Restore and DesktopOK.

Icon Restore

Icon Restore lets you save the state of your desktop icons and restore them . This small freeware installs LAYOUT.DLL (along with the required registry entries) from Microsoft. It adds two new options to the pop up menu that opens when any Windows system icon (like My Computer) is right clicked — “Save Desktop Icon Layout” and “Restore Desktop Icon Layout”.

There is currently no way to uninstall Icon Restore using Windows’ Add/Remove Programs. If you wish to uninstall Icon restore, you will have to download an uninstaller application from the Icon Restore site. [I recommend you download the unistaller as well with the program.]

DesktopOK

Another small application DesktopOK does a very similar job, also allowing you to save and restore multiple layouts. This means you can have any number of desktop setting with icons at different positions for the same screen resolution.

DesktopOK stays in your system tray when minimized. When you want to change your screen size or desktop icon positions with the same screen size, you can open it, save your desktop state, and then make any changes you want. Restore your desktop to the previous state when you want your previous state. You can also keep a couple of saved layouts for different situations.

Download DesktopOK (ZIP file)

[Via Download Squad]