How to lock desktop icons on XFCE

Question

I'm wondering if is there any way to have a functionality like in KDE: I can set icons to be "locked", so they will not change of location. But in XFCE when I start a game in 800*600 resolution and then return to the desktop it's all messed up. Any solution to this?

Thank's for your time

Answer 1

I found a solution on the Ubuntu forums (it's a link from the link Michael Barlach provided).

• First run this in a terminal:

  sudo chattr +i ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons*
  

• This will lock your icon placement, so that when the desktop is resized, your icons technically remain in the same place.

• When your desktop gets resized, press F5 to reload it.
• Optionally, you can create a launcher on the panel with this command: xfdesktop --reload which will reload the desktop.

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If you need to reverse the lock on your icon placement run:

sudo chattr -i ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons*

Answer 2

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11678107#post11678107 Gives the answer

Answer 3

An alternative approach without the need for repeated use of "sudo chattr" is described here: http://odoepner.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/backuprestore-xfce-desktop-icons/