I say: My kids like their games (of course I don't!) but even under XP games do have an annoying habit of changing the screen resolution, resulting in all the desktop icons being crushed into the top left part of the screen. What is needed is an app to remember and restore their positions and this update to the old WinTidy95 is it.

It's a shame PC Mag are so parsimonious with their freeware... to get this direct from them you have to pay for a subscription. Fortunately there are plenty of sites which have archived this, and there is nothing wrong with you seeking them out using my Alternative or Find It links or doing your own search.

They say: "When the icons on your Windows desktop are moved out of place, you have to hunt around to find what you want and you can't work as efficiently. The most common way to lose your icon layout is when switching to a smaller screen size. Windows shoves the off-screen icons into view, but doesn't put them back when you return to the larger screen size. WinTidy can remember your desktop layout and restore it for you. You can place the icons by hand, or use one of a dozen predefined layouts to automatically arrange icons in the order you choose. Save the arrangement as a named layout that you can restore at will, or associate it with the current screen size. When the screen size changes, WinTidy can automatically load the associated icon layout. And if you want to pack your icons into the smallest possible space, WinTidy will put the entire desktop into "small icons" mode. WinTidy 2 was written by Neil J. Rubenking, and first appeared in PC Magazine November 13, 2001 (v20n19)."