Ever want to back up you desktop in the case that you icons get screwed up when Apps change desktop sizes? There is a way! You don't even have to reboot! BACKING UP THE DESKTOP!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows 2000 Open up your registry with regedit.exe * * By now you proabaly heard don't mess with the registry. I agree with whom told you. You shouldn't mess with it. Well, you wouldn't even be here if you weren't messing with it, so on with the fun! Once the desktop is golden export the following keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams Voila! That's it! The desktop is backed up! RESTORING THE DESKTOP!!!!!!!!!!!!! >Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC >Go to the Processes tab >find explorer.exe and end it. >go to File->New Task... >enter in the path of the first exported key >repeat and enter in the path of the second exported key >go to File->New Task... >enter explorer.exe That's it!