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Desktop Restore

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It records the layout and positions of icons and programs on the Windows Desktop, and permits restoration of the layout. It appears to operate correctly under Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Available for Win 2000 32 bit, Win XP + Vista (32 + 64 bit)

License model

  • FreeProprietary

Platforms

  • Windows  W98, W2000, XP + Vista. Also 64 bit version, + command-line version for 32+64 bit.
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 Tags

  • desktop-organizer
  • save-desktop
  • restore-icon-position
  • desktop-icons

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  • wisblade reviewed Desktop Restore  
    7 months ago

    Absolutely essential tool when you frequently change your monitor's settings - including: number of monitors, resolutions, relative positions, etc. If you have a laptop you use standalone AND with a dock, you must have this.

  • wisblade liked Desktop Restore
    7 months ago
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Desktop Restore information

  • Developed by

    Jamie O'Connell
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    8 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Desktop Restore, and it has gotten 8 likes

Desktop Restore was added to AlternativeTo by Nostradamus on Apr 30, 2009 and this page was last updated Nov 27, 2014.

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wisblade
Sep 25, 2024
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Absolutely essential tool when you frequently change your monitor's settings - including: number of monitors, resolutions, relative positions, etc. If you have a laptop you use standalone AND with a dock, you must have this.

What is Desktop Restore?

It records the layout and positions of icons and programs on the Windows Desktop, and permits restoration of the layout. It appears to operate correctly under Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. There have been several reports that it works correctly under Windows Vista as well.I wrote this program after severe frustration of having my layout trashed every time I switched screen resolutions. Sometimes other programs will switch screen size and trash your layout as well. This program is an answer to this problem.

This tiny application operates as a Shell extension.

Very useful, if you have virtual machines or notebooks, where screen size or resolution often changes.

Desktop Restore memorizes separately the exact position of all the icons on the desktop for each one of the available screen resolutions. Thus, allowing the user to restore the look of the desktop. How many times have you changed the desktop resolution and discovered that all the icons were lying scattered over the desktop in an anarchic way? There is no longer a need for this to happen again, simply use Restore Desktop, which thanks to its specific functioning and lack of unnecessary components is really small, and has an automatic and clean operation.