Save and restore desktop

[JoeP]

A nice, free utility to save and restore your desktop. See DesktopOK 2.38 32-bit & DesktopOK 2.38 64-bit for more information and download link.

Joe

[wasbit]

FYI
The home page - http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; doesn't distinguish between 64bit/x86 but does say it's 'no install'.

More freeware from the same author
- http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[JoeP]

Once you get to the download page at the SoftwareOK site there are different versions for x86 & x64.

Joe

[John Gray]

Desktop layout backup (and occasional restore) has worked very well for me (from a BATch file, of course!) for about a year, I think.
The instructions are not entirely clear, unfortunately.
For amusement, here's part of my BATch file:

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:: desktop icons and their locations backup
echo Saving the location of all the icons on the desktop to a file...
set progdir=%drvlet%:\Software\DesktopOK
set filedir=%drvlet%:\backup\%computername%\Desktop Layout
pushd "%filedir%"
:: on first run, populate the directory with ten dummy backup files
set file=%computername%_desktop_
for /l %%a in (0,1,9) do (
  if not exist "%file%%%a.dok" (
    echo.>"%file%%%a.dok"
    rem wait 3 seconds to ensure timestamp differs
    ping -n 4 127.0.0.1>nul
  )
)
:: arrange to overwrite the oldest backup (if it exists)
for /f %%a in ('dir /o-d /b "%file%*.dok"') do set backup=%%a
:: perform the backup
"%progdir%\DesktopOK_%sfx%.exe" /save /silent "%filedir%\%backup%"
echo %~n0: errorlevel from saving location of icons was %errorlevel%
echo/
popd

%drvlet% is set to C or D, and %sfx% is set either to 64 or Unicode, depending on which PC I am running DesktopOK.