HOWTO - Save icon position in Quick Launch

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Update: I just discovered that if explorer.exe crashes, it somehow takes the .nal icons with it. Since it deletes the icon files, it loses position.

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What is the point?

If you associate apps to a user via the Quick Launch (my preferred method of accessing apps these days), and they move the icons around, the icons will only keep that postion until NALDESK.EXE is exited. So, the user either has move them each time they boot their system, or give up. Until now that is...

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Synopsis:

This is a pretty simple solution, but does require a teeny bit of a technical expertise. I'm sure it'd be pretty easy to create a zenapp or util to make this easier for end users.

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Step By Step Instructions

Caveat: The only problem with this method is that it prevents ZEN from cleaning up the icons, so if you remove the app from the user, the icon wouldn't disappear and they'd still be able to access the app (or so I think).

  • Open a command prompt
  • from C:\, type in cd %userprofile%\application data\microsoft\Internet explorer\quick launch
  • type dir *.nal
  • type attrib +r program.nal where program.nal is the icon you want to stop moving


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