Jimmy Bergmark posted a cool tip for anyone who, like me, spends time arranging desktop icons “just so” – only to have a resolution change or similar mix them up again. Now it’s just right-click Restore, sorted. Thanks Jimmy!
JTB World Blog: Save desktop icon layout so it can be restored - 32bit Windows Xp/Vista
I typically find that when I upgrade graphic card driver (NVIDIA's driver setup) or change to lower resolution for one or the other reason that the desktop icons move like I don't want them to. With this solution you can save the desktop icons positions and restore the positions of the icons later…