Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch
la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)
n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1. A small gift presented by a store owner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.
Right now I’m sitting in front of my desktop computer writing this article for the newsletter. At the same time, I’m using my machine to watch a full screen movie. I’m also playing a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament. I’m also copying some files to one of my portable machines. Using more than one monitor makes it a lot easier to do.
One of the bad things about using more than one monitor is also one of my general Windows annoyances. Sometimes when you temporarily change screen resolution or crash your system, you lose your carefully arranged icon layout on your desktop. It’s especially aggravating when you get used to clicking on an icon that is always in the same place. If your screen layout changes after a computer crash, it becomes real easy to accidentally launch the wrong program.
A program that comes to the rescue is DesktopOK, a basic, compact program that lets you save and restore the positions of your desktop icons. It’s nothing fancy, but if you frequently end up with a desktop full of scrambled icons, this program will be a lifesaver. This freeware program lets you save and restore icon layouts. Simply set your icons the way you like them and save the layout. Just restore it later when they become jumbled.
You’re not limited to one layout. You can save as many as you want, which is handy if you have more than one user. There are several save options. You can enable auto saving at various intervals or when Windows is shut down.
DesktopOK does not have to be installed and can be executed easily from the desktop, a flash drive or any other memory device. Give it a try. I think you’ll like it. You can find more information or download the program from the authors website.
If you like the program, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, bonus perk; a little lagniappe.