Desktop Icons: Auto Arrange ONE desktop only? (Dualscreens)

[Electric Rain]

Okay, so we all know of the "Auto Arrange" feature of Windows, right? When enabled, icons will stay arranged in the standard grid fashion, even when an icon is added or deleted. That's great, but I have a dual-screen setup, so I have two desktops. On my secondary desktop, I have all of my "program" icons, arranged it a VERY SPECIFIC way. Internet browsers, media players, office applications... ect. So, my question is, is there any way to Auto Arrange icons on only ONE desktop?

Edit: I knew this was going to get moved... But nobody checks this forum as much as Forum 42! You could have at least tried to help me, CTFan. I know it was you that moved it.

[bicostp]

Edit: I knew this was going to get moved... But nobody checks this forum as much as Forum 42!

That's no excuse. "I'm posting this thread here because the forum it belongs in doesn't get enough traffic" doesn't exactly help that forum get more traffic, either. That only makes the problem worse. Threads go where they belong.

On the original topic, I'm pretty sure Auto Arrange applies to the entire desktop area, since really you don't have two "desktops", just one big picture split over two monitors.

[Electric Rain]

Edit: I knew this was going to get moved... But nobody checks this forum as much as Forum 42!

That's no excuse. "I'm posting this thread here because the forum it belongs in doesn't get enough traffic" doesn't exactly help that forum get more traffic, either. That only makes the problem worse. Threads go where they belong.

...Yeah... I know...

On the original topic, I'm pretty sure Auto Arrange applies to the entire desktop area, since really you don't have two "desktops", just one big picture split over two monitors.

Only if you have it set up as horizontal or vertical span. Then, for example, if you have two monitors both at 1024x768 on horizontal span, windows would see it as one 2048x768 display. But, if you have it set up in dualview mode, it sees it as two 1024x768 displays. Even still though, I also can't figure out how to apply to separate desktop wallpapers to each monitor; it just displays the same image on both monitors. (Also, a span setup would stretch one image over both displays... further proof that they are treated as two separate desktops in the current setup.)

[vskid]

Try using a program called UltraMon. Its made to control dual monitors with more control than Windows gives you. I'm not sure if it'll solve your problem, but it could help in some other way.

[Skyone]

Try using a program called UltraMon. Its made to control dual monitors with more control than Windows gives you. I'm not sure if it'll solve your problem, but it could help in some other way.

I was gonna recommend it, but then I looked at the options menu, nothing.

[Electric Rain]

*nods* Yeah... I've been using UltraMon on both of my dual-screen-enabled computers for a while now... (The "preserve position of desktop icons" feature is awesome for when you have to clone your displays for whatever reason. )