这篇文章源于我非常喜欢自定义桌面图标的布局，例如将系统图标放在左上角，将所有应用程序图标移动到屏幕右侧等，但我讨厌它每当我将计算机连接到电视或投影仪(TV or projector)时，所有图标位置都会变得混乱。
一旦您的屏幕分辨率发生变化，Windows会自动重新排列您的所有图标，所有这些辛苦的工作都将付诸东流！但是，您可以使用免费工具在 Windows桌面上快速保存(Windows)图标布局(icon layout)。对于Windows Vista、Windows 7和Windows 8.1，我的推荐是一个名为DesktopOK的程序，它支持 64 位操作系统。对于Window 95、98(Window 95)、ME、2000 和 XP，有一个旧程序仍然运行良好，称为Icon Restore。
桌面OK
DesktopOK是一个很小的应用程序，我非常喜欢使用它，因为它没有很多功能，并且不需要(t require)您将其安装在系统上。如果您像我一样，并且只想每月保存一次或两次桌面图标布局，那么这个程序是完美的。(desktop icon layout)它还具有一些自动化功能，因此如果您需要更频繁地保存布局，DesktopOK也可以处理。
下载后，只需解压缩文件并将可执行文件移动到更永久的位置，然后再运行它。界面非常简单，因此非常易于使用。
要保存您当前的桌面布局(desktop layout)，只需单击保存(Save)按钮。下面的列表框将自动填充一个新条目。该名称将默认为分辨率，它还将记录时间。如果要调整命名约定，请单击选项(Options)，然后单击保存选项(Save options)，您将能够在名称中添加额外的项目，例如用户名(user name)、PC 名称(PC name)等。
在选项下，还有很多其他值得一提的项目。首先，如果您想以设定的时间间隔捕获桌面图标布局，(desktop icon layout)自动保存非常有用。(Auto-Save)自动保存功能还有一个选项，只保存布局中的更改，这很有用，因为否则你会有很多重复项。
您还可以在关闭时保存布局并在重新启动时恢复布局。您还可以让它在启动时始终恢复到特定布局。(specific layout)最后，您可以将其设置为在Windows启动时启动DesktopOK ，并在(DesktopOK)系统托盘(system tray)中自动最小化运行。
当您想要恢复布局时，只需单击列表框中的布局，然后单击恢复(Restore)。关于DesktopOK的工作方式，您应该意识到一件重要的事情，这是我认为它应该工作的方式，但它可能会让新用户感到困惑：当您恢复桌面布局(desktop layout)时，您添加到桌面的任何新项目都将保留在当前职位。
如果DesktopOK在您执行保存时不知道它们，它不会删除或移动它们，直到您使用新的桌面项目执行新的保存。我个人认为这更好，因为我不希望我添加到桌面的内容在执行还原时突然消失。
该程序在“工具”菜单(Tools menu)项下还有一些其他小但有用的功能。在Windows下，您可以平铺或层叠窗口。您还可以在鼠标光标不再移动一定秒数时隐藏鼠标光标。(mouse cursor)
如果您喜欢真正干净的桌面，您可以在鼠标(mouse doesn)在一定秒数内没有移动时隐藏您的桌面图标。然后，您可以选择在左键或右键单击鼠标时再次显示它们。如果您的鼠标有滚轮，您可以在鼠标位于任务栏时使用它来控制音量，或者当鼠标位于主桌面区域时(desktop area)滚动(taskbar or scroll)窗口。在System下，您可以打开(System)Windows中的一些常用对话框，如User Accounts、Task Manager、Display等。
总体而言，DesktopOK对于想要维护桌面图标布局的(desktop icon layout)Windows用户来说是一个有用的工具。我发现它在我的办公室笔记本电脑(office laptop)上非常有用，因为每当我将笔记本电脑连接到外部显示器或投影仪(display or projector)时，我的桌面图标就会不断分散。现在，只需单击几下，我就可以让我的桌面恢复正常。
图标恢复
Icon Restore会安装一个名为 layout.dll 的DLL 文件(DLL file)，该文件随资源工具包(Resource Kit)和所需的注册表项一起提供。安装后，当您右键单击任何Windows 系统(Windows system)图标时，您会发现两个新选项Save Desktop Icon Layout和Restore Desktop Icon Layout。
通过Windows 系统(Windows system)图标，这意味着您可以右键单击“我的电脑”、“我的文档”或“回收站”( My Computer, My Documents, or the Recycle Bin)来访问新的菜单选项。
以所需方式排列桌面上的图标后，继续右键单击My Computer 并左键单击(My Computer and left-click)Save Desktop Icon Layout( Save Desktop Icon Layout)。现在，如果您的计算机屏幕分辨率(computer screen resolution)发生变化，或者您必须以安全模式(Safe Mode)启动计算机等，您可以通过右键单击并选择(right-clicking and choosing) 恢复桌面图标布局(Restore Desktop Icon Layout)轻松恢复以前的图标位置。
还有其他更高级的程序，可以让你做一些事情，比如创建多个图标布局等，但是这个程序是免费的，对大多数人来说效果很好！
我通过保存桌面来玩这个程序，删除我从Internet(Internet)下载的程序可执行文件，然后恢复桌面看看发生了什么。如果您从桌面上删除任何内容，则执行还原时该项目将不会出现。这包括快捷方式、程序文件、文本文件，基本上任何东西！
我更喜欢这种行为，因为有时我会在桌面上添加一堆快捷方式，但稍后会删除它们。图标恢复(Icon Restore)不会恢复那些被删除的图标，但会保留其他图标的原始位置。
How to Save Your Desktop Icon Layout in Windows XP, 7, 8
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Once your screen resolution changes, Windows automatically re-arranges all of your icons and all of that hard work is lost! However, there are free tools that you can use to quickly save the icon layout on your desktop in Windows. For Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, my recommendation would be a program called DesktopOK, which supports 64-bit operating systems. For Window 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP, there is an older program that still works great called Icon Restore.
DesktopOK
DesktopOK is a tiny little app that I really like to use because it doesn’t have a lot of features and it doesn’t require you to install it on your system. If you’re someone like me and you just want to save your desktop icon layout once or twice a month, then this program is perfect. It does have some automated functionalty also, so if your needs require saving the layout more often, DesktopOK can handle that too.
Once you download it, just unzip the file and move the executable to a more permanent location before you run it. The interface is very simple and that makes it very easy to use.
To save your current desktop layout, just click the Save button. The listbox below will automatically be populated with a new entry. The name will be the resolution by default and it will also record the time. If you want to adjust the naming convention, click on Options and then Save options and you’ll be able to add extra items to the name such as the user name, PC name, etc.
Under Options, there are also quite a few other items that are worth mentioning. Firstly, Auto-Save is useful if you want to capture your desktop icon layout at set time intervals. The auto save feature also has an option to only save in there are changes in the layout, which is useful because you’d have a lot of duplicates othrerwise.
You can also save the layout when shutting down and restore the layout when booting back up. You can also have it always restore to a specific layout when booting up. Finally, you can set it so that DesktopOK starts when Windows starts and runs minimized in the system tray automatically.
When you want to restore a layout, just click on the layout in the listbox and then click Restore. There is one important thing you should realize about how DesktopOK works, which is the way I think it should work, but it can be confusing to new users: when you restore a desktop layout, any new items you have added to the desktop will remain in the current positions.
If DesktopOK didn’t know about them when you performed the save, it won’t delete or move them around until you perform a new save with the new desktop items. I personally think this is better because I would not want something I added to the desktop to suddenly disappear when I perfored a restore.
The program also has a couple of other small, but useful features under the Tools menu item. Under Windows, you can tile or cascade windows. You can also hide your mouse cursor when it’s no longer moving for a certain number of seconds.
If you like a really clean desktop, you can hide your desktop icons when the mouse doesn’t move for a certain number of seconds. You can then choose to show them again when you left or right click on the mouse. If your mouse has a wheel, you can use it to control the volume when your mouse is in the taskbar or scroll through windows when it’s in the main desktop area. Under System, you can open some common dialogs in Windows like User Accounts, Task Manager, Display, etc.
Overall, DesktopOK is a useful tool for Windows users who want to maintain their desktop icon layout. I have found it very useful on my office laptop because there my desktop icons constantly get scattered whenever I connect my laptop to an external display or projector. Now I can bring my desktop back to normal in just a couple of clicks.
Icon Restore
Icon Restore installs a DLL file called layout.dll that comes with the Resource Kit and the required registry entries. Once installed, you’ll find two new options when you right-click on any Windows system icon, Save Desktop Icon Layout and Restore Desktop Icon Layout.
By Windows system icon, this means you can right-click on My Computer, My Documents, or the Recycle Bin to access the new menu options.
Once you have arranged the icons on your desktop in the desired way, go ahead and right-click on My Computer and left-click on Save Desktop Icon Layout. Now if your computer screen resolution ever changes or you have to start your computer in Safe Mode, etc, you can easily restore your previous icon positions by right-clicking and choosing Restore Desktop Icon Layout.
There are other programs out there that are more advanced and allow you to do things like create multiple icon layouts, etc, but this program is free and works well for most people!
I played around with the program by saving the desktop, deleting a program executable file that I had downloaded off the Internet, and then restoring the desktop to see what happened. If you delete anything off your desktop, that item will not appear when you perform a restore. This includes shortcuts, program files, text files, anything basically!
I prefer this type of behavior because there are times when I add a bunch of shortcuts to my desktop, but delete them later on. Icon Restore will not restore those deleted icons, but will keep the original positions of the other icons.
