DOSBox doesn't explicitly do anything to the icons - it's almost definitely a side-effect of switching to a different video mode. Not sure how to fix it - maybe try running in a window instead?

uhm check the fullresolution setting.

Whenever you change the desktop resolution in Windows, it does that... This is a Windows feature (try to change desktop resolution manually e.g. from 1024*768 to 640*480 and back).

Mirek

You mean you manually move icons around right? Well windows tends to 'auto arrange' occasionally when the resolution changes. Thats why I don't bother and simply use "arrange by type" because its not worth fighting with.

It can't be a windows feature .. many other applications (mainly games) that use a lower resolution than my desktop one don't move the icons around randomly. Why should dosbox be different?

I'll look at the fullscreen setting; and no I don't want to play in a window. I don't fancy having a 320x200 game in the corner of a 1280x960 desktop 😁

with Dosbox 0.56 it chnaged the setting of fullresolution= (under [sdl]). Might be you need to put in fullresolution=original or a fixed one (1280x960).
Are you sure you didn't change anything else as well, besides new Dosbox version. New display driver or somethng like that?

Nope, just pasted the new files.

Used default display (inc resolution) settings in 0.65's config.

I upgraded from 0.63 yestoday.

Ever since, whenever I use Dosbox in full screen I come back to Windows to find all my carefully arranged icons are completely messed up. Full screen apps should not be doing this - 0.63 certainly didn't.

Anyone else having this problem?

it only happens to me sometimes when dosbox crashes at a low resolution game. then i can find my desktop icons around the upper left corner of my desktop. this happens to opened windows in the backround to, but i think this problem has nothing to do with dosbox itself.

Yeah, my icons rearrange alot when doing my compatibility testing of Windows games. Resolution changes and of course the icons automagically rearrange.

I suppose turning off Auto-arrange might fix it but I've never tested this.

There are also programs out there that can save and restore your icon arrangements on mode changes. I think Powerstrip (entechtaiwan.com) may be one of them.

I've used one for years called IconLock (http://roverbot.tripod.com/iconlock.htm) which works pretty well for me.

CombatGold1 wrote:

It can't be a windows feature ..

It IS a Windows feature and there are other application which do this. I believe it is appliations which actually resize the desktop in order to cover it with their window, instead of applications which create hardware surfaces separate from the desktop, but I'm really not into the technical stuff so I should shut up. There are applications which have this effect, though.

Blame Windows. I use OS X. 😉

i would have to say that it changes the resoloution before actually starting the program.

yes but anyway, allow me to say that, it's bullshit!

Iconlock worked well; thanks 😀

Does Iconlock "fix" stuff like Rainmeter's meters? Because they're affected by this problem as well - when the resolution changes they get shifted all over the place.