ReIcon is portable freeware that enables you to save and restore your desktop layout. If you frequently change your screen resolution (e.g. to play games or use applications that require a specific resolution), you are probably familiar with the problem of your desktop icons being jumbled into a mess after you switch back to your normal resolution. ReIcon solves this problem by allowing you to save your desktop layout and restore it later with the click of a button (or with the right-click context menu).
ReIcon is very easy to use. Set your icons the way you like them, save the layout, then restore this layout later when the need arises.
ReIcon v2.0 – Tuesday 15. March 2022
– [Added] New options for System Tray menu
– [Added] Option to update the previously saved backup from the list
– [Added] some new options under the Options menu
– [Added] More than 1 restore option has been added to the right-click menu
(The ContextMenuRestoreCount value in the ini file can be changed from 1 to 6)
– [Added] Many improvements have been made in coding
Benefits:
– Save your favorite icon layout for each resolution
– Save many different layouts
– It’s portable, no need to install anything
– Unicode support
– Easily add “Save/Restore Icon Layout” to the right-click context menu
– CMD support (at CMD, type ReIcon /? for help)
– Align icons to Grid – this allows you to snap your desktop icons to a grid, similar to Windows’ Auto-Arrange feature)
How To Use It:
Extract the ZIP to any folder and then run the program. Click the “Save Icon Layout” button to save the current desktop layout. You will then see the “New Icon Position” name, resolution and icon number in the list of saved layouts. To restore a saved layout, select the layout from the list and then click the “Restore Icon Layout” button.
You can also right-click the saved layout and choose “Restore” from the context menu. Yet another way is to double-click any saved layout in the list to quickly restore that layout. To delete a saved layout, either select the one you wish to remove and click the Delete button, or right click it and select Delete from the context menu.
You can add “Save/Restore icon layout” to your Desktop or My Computer right-click menu. To do so, click the Options menu and then to ‘Add Context Menu‘ , choose an appropriate option. To remove them, go to the same location, and choose “Uninstall All”.
To add only the Restore option to the context menu, select it first, then select ‘Desktop’ and/or ‘My Computer’ to apply to that menu. Clicking the “Add Only Restore Option” and/or “Use Shift Key to Display” will not create context menu entries, only sub-menus. And the result :
If you wish, you can right click the ReIcon Application system tray icon and restore any Icon layout
Note 1: In ReIcon’s Options menu, if “Disable Auto-Arrange” is NOT selected (by default, it is), and the Windows desktop context menu entry ‘View –> Auto-Arrange Icons’ IS selected, then ReIcon’s ‘Restore Icon Layout’ feature may not work properly. To Stop Desktop Icons From Changing Positions after log in , restart or refresh please Untick “Auto Arrange icons” feature.
Note 2: If you have multiple monitors and these monitors have separate icon structures, after saving Icon positions layouts , Desktop context menu auto align to grid feature must not be marked, because after the restore , it causes the icons on the closed monitor to appear on the active desktop. In addition, Align Icons To Grid feature shouldn’t be selected in the program settings (under disable auto Arrange)
Add ReIcon shortcut to the Windows Startup Folder (for Autostart)
To enable ReIcon to load at Windows startup, click the Edit menu, then choose ‘Add a shortcut to Startup Folder’. If you wish to remove this later, go to Edit, then choose ‘Delete Shortcut from Startup Folder’
How to change Icon layout order On GUI
In this new version of the ReIcon you can change saved Icon layout order via drag and drop
ReIcon has CMD (command line) support. The options for this are shown below:
How to backup with ID: You can use this command to overwrite an existing profile (if it already exists)
ReIcon_x64.exe /s /ID id , for example :
ReIcon_x64.exe /s /ID elq
How to restore any backup with ID:
ReIcon_x64.exe /r /ID id , for example :
ReIcon_x64.exe /r /ID elq
How to define the save path with parameter and ID (You can use any extension)
ReIcon_x64.exe /S /File D:\ID , for example :
ReIcon_x64.exe /S /File D:\abc.ini
Restore with path:
ReIcon_x64.exe /R /File D:\ID , for example :
ReIcon_x64.exe /R /File D:\abc.ini
Supported operating systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista , Windows xp – (both x86 and x64)
Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , French , Polish , Hungarian , Russian , Chinese (Simplified) , Korean , Swedish , Portuguese (Brazilian) , Czech , Japanese , Spanish , Dutch (Nederlands) , Romanian , Italian , Greek , Hebrew , Lithuanian , Slovak , Vietnamese
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MD5: 62700051f1a1c4a1966e5846d9c9ed5e
SHA1: e3971fe436aaff003cff256c4fac0b7f9542e4dd
File: ReIcon.exe │ Virustotal
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SHA1: efdffc5b9d89abd02fcbae201e001bd5f619bff8
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Please try again by paying attention to the following
1. If the icons get mixed up when the desktop is refreshed with the F5 key, please change the position of an icon with your mouse. The problem will be solved.
2. If you are using more than one screen and the icons get mixed up when a screen is closed, right-click on the desktop and make sure that View -> Align Icons To Grid is not checked in the view menu.
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3. If you are using Reicon as portable, backups are saved in the ini file next to the application.
If you are using it from the right click menu, backups will be taken to the %ProgramFiles%\ReIcon folder.
4. If the show file extensions feature is turned on when backing up, the backup may not be restored properly if your file extensions are turned off during the restore phase.If your backup could not be restored properly, please check your file extensions.
["Rarely, this problem can occur on some systems.
After restoring the icons with ReIcon, move any icon on the desktop to a different position by holding down your mouse. The problem will most likely disappear"]
We will try to fix it when we update the program."
Hi.
Thank you for all you do!
The scattered icon issue above remains problematic and remains l present on W11 builds. I haven’t tried on W10. It’s a constant.
The reason this is soooo important to me is that I need to have my laptop connected to an external 32 inch or greater monitor. I’m considered a "power user" and I have a lot of icons on my screen. I tried to consolidate my icons as much as possible to a few folders, but at any given time, I have more than a hundred icons on my desktop.
Before I go "mobile" with my laptop, I save the "less" used desktop icons to another folder called laptopdesktop. I then save the layout and continue as normal.
Afterwards, I reconnect to an external monitor, I move back all the icons (copy to be exact) from the laptopdesktop folder.
I then restore the layout using ReIcon, but that actually doesn’t restore the layout to the original locations. The icons are all over the place and not in the order when they were saved. I opened up different versions (.ini files) with the same result.
I also replicated this problem when I reinstall a fresh copy of Windows.
Another thing too. Occasionally, my ReIcon list disappears and I even after I "Import" the list from a backup location, sometimes it doesn’t appear. I have to close the application and repeat the process a few times before ReIcon populates the list.
Finally, I’m not using any other Desktop Organizer. Hopefully, you can fix these issues, the icon layout being the most crucial for me.
Hi, The program reported an error because it could not get icon information from the desktop. This may be due to a program you have installed that is related to the desktop.
Error Code: 55
Cannot get information from desktop!
Desktop Organizer does not allow different programs to change icon locations.
If you want to use ReIcon, you can turn off Desktop Organizer.
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(Desktop Organiser не позволяет различным программам менять расположение значков. Если вы хотите использовать ReIcon, то можно отключить Desktop Organiser.)
Hello. The program is great, but there is a conflict with the running application Desktop Organizer from 360 Total Security. When working together, ReIcon does not restore the position of icons on the desktop.
(Здравствуйте. Программа замечательная, но обнаружен конфликт с запущенным приложением Организатор рабочего стола, от 360 Total Security. При совместной работе ReIcon не восстанавливает положение значков на рабочем столе.)
Rarely, this problem can occur on some systems.
After restoring the icons with ReIcon, move any icon on the desktop to a different position by holding down your mouse. The problem will most likely disappear.
We will try to fix it when we update the program.
after restoring icon layot f5 to refresh messes them up gain, seems the positions are not saved after a restore.
I’ve been using this for years, absolutely love it!!
What a great utility! Thanks so much.
Hi
1 – You must use ReIcon_x64.exe because your system is 64 bit. If you run ReIcon.exe and the system is 64 bit, it will automatically run ReIcon_x64.exe
2 – If you click on "Enable Win11 Classic Context Menu" and make it active, a check mark will be added to the item in the related menu. You can click on that option again (clear the checkmark) and return to your default settings.
3 – ReIcon stores the backup in the ini file . You can load the backup file of the old program by running the new version and selecting File -> Import List in the interface.
I’ve been using ReIcon1.9 and LOVE it. Three questions re: ReIcon2.
(1) I’m using Win11. Does it matter whether I use ReIcon or ReIcon_x64? Why?
(2) I see ReIcon Options include "Enable Win11 Classic Context Menu". If I choose that, will there then be an option to revert back?
(3) Can ReIcon2 read and use ReIcon1.9 icon layouts? How do I make that happen?
It would be interesting to insert the automatic save function at time or when exiting windows
I tried a lot of icon managers but the only one that worked was relcon!!!!
Thanks a lot! Windows is a mess when it comes to manage icons over multiple monitors!
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The checked state is reversed
You’re welcome.
It worked! Thank you so much!
Hi , Konstantin ; After installing on your right-click menu, you can manually change these texts from the registry.
For the desktop right click menu :
HKCR\DesktopBackground\Shell\ReDeskIconPos
And subkeys
For the My computer right click menu :
HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell
And subkeys