Is there anyway to lock the desktop icons?

djtrickee · 10-07-2004, 01:03 PM

I hate it when i am driving and try and hit an icon on the touchscreen and instead i move it somewhere or it doesnt activate because it thinks i am trying to drag it!

Is there a setting somewhere that will allow me to lock the icons positions on screen?

thanks,
chris b.

god_of_cpu · 10-07-2004, 01:09 PM

You can change the drag distance so it doesn't think your draggin unless you move a whole lot. This will effect everything though, not just the desktop.

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=dr...phx.gbl&rnum=2

Shrynn · 10-07-2004, 01:16 PM

Have you tried single click mode? It basically makes everything like a hyperlink on a webpage. That's what I do, one touch and the program launches.

Just incase your not aware of it: open any folder and goto "tools > folder options" the option is on the "general" tab. This will affect ALL folders.

djtrickee · 10-07-2004, 01:35 PM

I am in single click mode which I find is much better for touchscreen usage. But whenever i dont click on it perfectly it thinks i am trying to drag it somewhere and sometimes i do accidentally drag something if i am driving and hit a bump i dragged my documents folder onto Iguidance icon and it really freaked out thinking i was trying to put that into iguidance.

i just want to lock em down. like a restricted user or something.

gutterslide · 10-07-2004, 02:11 PM

here ya go... PC Magazine's IconLock

Laidback · 10-07-2004, 02:19 PM

Just right click desktop and click auto Arrange