Microsoft KB Archive/67133

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Arranging Program Manager Group Icons in a Specific Order

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Q67133

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SUMMARY
When you select the Save Changes option while exiting the Program Manager, the layout of the open group windows is saved, but the layout of the closed group icons is not. These icons are automatically reorganized at the bottom of the Program Manager the next time Windows is run. You cannot save their screen positions, but you can save the order in which they appear on the screen.

MORE INFORMATION
Using an example, the procedure below outlines the steps to order Program Manager's group icons. Make sure you follow the instructions closely.

Groups in example:

  Main Accessories Games WEP SDK Tools MS-DOS Apps Group icons we want to order:

  Games Windows Entertainment Pack (WEP) SDK Tools MS-DOS Apps Desired order from left to right:

  WEP Games MS-DOS Apps SDK Tools

Procedure

 * 1) Switch to Program Manager.
 * 2) Restore ALL group icons to a window (do not maximize them).
 * 3) Select the group window (from the Window menu is probably easiest at this point) that you want to appear on the far right; for example, SDK Tools.
 * 4) Minimize this window to a group icon.
 * 5) Repeat steps 3-4 for the next adjacent group icon; in this case, MS-DOS Apps.
 * 6) Repeat steps 3-4 for the rest of the groups you want to order (first Games, then WEP).

NOTE: At this point, the group icons should be the REVERSE of what you want.
 * 1) Exit Windows and select Save Changes.
 * 2) Run Windows.

The group icons are now in the proper order. If you want to avoid any further screen changes in Program Manager, deselect Save Changes the next time you exit Windows.

In a general description, Windows 3.00 Program Manager keeps track of which group icons you have minimized. The last icon you minimize is put at the BOTTOM LEFT of the window IF you select Save Changes.

Technically, when you minimize an icon, its &quot;order&quot; is saved in a &quot;Last-In-First-Out&quot; (LIFO) stack. When you select Save Changes and run Windows again, Program Manager reads the LIFO stack and places the group icons in the window from LEFT to RIGHT, BOTTOM to TOP.

This LIFO technique is the reason the group icons were in reverse order after step 6.

Additional query words: 3.00 win30 3.00a

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a