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If you're using active desktop, turn it off. Try the repair option in
IE 5 or, if you don't yet have IE 5, reinstall IE 4 and then add IE 5.
No guarantee that it will work, but Internet Explorer installation is
frequently a good repair technique these days. If that doesn't work,
and if you can't restore your registry, and if the Tweak UI repair
doesn't work, try reinstalling Windows 98--the objective being to
replace whatever file got corrupted when you crashed. Or better yet,
go to NT (with SP4, IE 5, and active desktop off), which is much less
susceptible to this sort of thing.
Microsoft has steadily improved the stability of the Windows 98/IE
products through successive upgrades (from abysmal to merely
terrible)--if you can't go to NT (which upgrades it to mediocre), see
if you can get your hands on a copy of Win 98 SE release candidate 3.
Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: mguess <mguess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Brian Elkins <belkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Omega Users Group <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Frozen icons
> As I've said to 4 or 5 other helpful guys: this doesn't work, I
can't get
> them to move, not only on the desktop but even within individual
windows! I
> can't select & copy/drag either. The autoarrange is unchecked & I've
tried
> everything else.
>
> Michael
>
> Brian Elkins wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure why you can't delete icons but as far as moving them,
try
> > this. Right click on the desktop and at the top of the list is
"Arrange
> > Icons", select this and another list will pop up and at the bottom
will be
> > "Auto Arrange" most likely with a check next to it. Click on it
and the
> > check will go away and you should be able to drag your icons
anywhere you
> > wish.
> >
> > Brian Elkins
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > After 8 hours of reinstalling windows & other apps due to a
crash during
> > > daytrading yesterday I finally got everything working again --
almost.
> > > My desktop's icons are all lined up in tidy rows that are locked
in
> > > place. I can't drag them anywhere, nor can I copy them or put
them in
> > > the trash. Same thing w/ icons w/in any windows. I can't
manipulate
> > > them. What did I do to get them in this state? Or more
importantly, how
> > > can I get them back to "normal"?
> > >
> > > Michael
>
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