Disappearing Desktop Icons

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My desktop shortcuts and icons think that they can do whatever they want. I want to tell them that they can't once and for all, but how ?

 

My Taskbar is along the top of the screen (where all sensible people have it) and the icons move whatever my screen resolution. Whenever they disappear a quick flick of the refresh shortcut from the desktop right-click menu brings them back but puts them top right, where I don't want them.

 

When they're not hiding they've just moved back top-right anyway, even if I left them all along the lower edge of the screen.

 

It's all a bit intermittent though and so I haven't noticed any patterns or possible causes.

 

This occurs with three different graphics cards in W2K (no SP1).

 

Ideas ?