Chris I don't know what causes it. I go to View/Arrange/ - I use "by size" which keeps my drives in the upper right hand corner. Birgit On Apr 9, 2004, at 7:45 AM, Chris Walker wrote: > Hi all, > > For some reason my Desktop is suddenly unable to remember the positions > of the attached hard drives and at each login these now appear in > random > positions on the desktop - seldom twice in the same place. > > I have tried repairing permissions but this made no difference. > > Does anyone know what causes this and how to cure it? > > cheers, > > Chris