Default Desktop Icons

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John Boles

I've got WinXP Pro and the My Computer icon and My Document icon are
transposed that is, the My Documents aligns before My Computer when I
autoarrange by name. Is there a way to change the 'characteristics' of the
My Documents so that it comes after My Computer as it has in past versions
of Windows?
 
TweakUI.

TweakUI | Click the [+] Next to Desktop | Click: First Icon

First Icon
[[This allows setting the first icon on the desktop to be either “My
Documents” or “My Computer”. This is a per-system setting, available only if
the current user has permission to alter the “My Computer” settings. After
changing the setting, the user may need to select “Arrange By Name” from the
desktop context menu for the change to take effect. Some applications will
not respond to the new setting until you log off and back on. ]]

This key does the same thing as First Icon in TweakUI...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Value Name: SortOrderIndex
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0x48 or 0x54
0x48 = My Documents first
0x54 = My Computer first

You can do many other things with TweakUI.

Download TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/
EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
-----

Some good info here...

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm

TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2003/08/01/22303.aspx

All of those tips at the link above are part of TweakUI.

TweakUI
[+] About
Tips

You can cycle through the tips with the Next Tip and Previous Tip buttons.
But, if you click the Save Tips button, you get Tweak UI Tips.txt which you
can save wherever, with all of the tips in a Notepad file.

TweakUI Registry Settings here...

Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5: Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

All of Ch 5 is included!!
-----

You can also add TweakUI to the Control Panel with
xp_AddTweakUItoControlPanel.vbs from
here...
1. Add XP TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Adds...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Wesley,
I appologize for not answering sooner but I did get TWEAKUI. I found the
setting to change the icons and I now have 'all my ducks in a row'. I don't
know why Microsoft had this setting with My Documents first and My Computer
second. I'm using MS XP Pro upgrade and maybe it's different from other
versions of XP or 'one hand didn't know what the other was doing' when MS
released my version.
Thanks again.
John G Boles


Wesley Vogel said:
TweakUI.

TweakUI | Click the [+] Next to Desktop | Click: First Icon

First Icon
[[This allows setting the first icon on the desktop to be either “My
Documents” or “My Computer”. This is a per-system setting, available only
if
the current user has permission to alter the “My Computer” settings. After
changing the setting, the user may need to select “Arrange By Name” from
the
desktop context menu for the change to take effect. Some applications will
not respond to the new setting until you log off and back on. ]]

This key does the same thing as First Icon in TweakUI...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Value Name: SortOrderIndex
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0x48 or 0x54
0x48 = My Documents first
0x54 = My Computer first

You can do many other things with TweakUI.

Download TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/
EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
-----

Some good info here...

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm

TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2003/08/01/22303.aspx

All of those tips at the link above are part of TweakUI.

TweakUI
[+] About
Tips

You can cycle through the tips with the Next Tip and Previous Tip buttons.
But, if you click the Save Tips button, you get Tweak UI Tips.txt which
you
can save wherever, with all of the tips in a Notepad file.

TweakUI Registry Settings here...

Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
Chapter 5: Mapping Tweak UI
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

All of Ch 5 is included!!
-----

You can also add TweakUI to the Control Panel with
xp_AddTweakUItoControlPanel.vbs from
here...
1. Add XP TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Adds...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
John Boles said:
I've got WinXP Pro and the My Computer icon and My Document icon are
transposed that is, the My Documents aligns before My Computer when I
autoarrange by name. Is there a way to change the 'characteristics' of
the
My Documents so that it comes after My Computer as it has in past
versions
of Windows?
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