Icon Restore for Windows

User Reviews

• Complete waste of space

  leo9ineFebruary 5, 2018

  Pros

  Easily installed

  Cons

  Didn't work at all

  Summary

  Windows 7 keeps removing most of my shortcuts so I thought that this program would be perfect, but I was wrong. First time that Windows 7 removed my shortcuts I clicked on the icom and found that I could only restore two (out of about 20) shortcuts...unless I paid for the full program. No way - so it's been uninstalled and only now have I noticed that it's compatible Microsoft systems don't include anything currently in use. Don't bother installing it folks. (And I still hate Windows 7's clean up activity.)

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• Used to be great, no more

  Cait DhubhgaillJune 27, 2017

  Pros

  It will save a desktop layout but is very limited and sometimes does not work

  Cons

  No support. The paid version is supposed to have more than 2 layouts you can save. It requires a donation and they will send you a password and user name. Mine came, but it would never work. Tried contacting them several times with no success...be forewarned their website pages have not been updated in 6 or more years depending on the page.

  Summary

  If you can get by with only 2 saved layouts, fine, but be sure not to tell the program to save layout on shutdown, or you may have big problems. My layout went blank this week, and the program DID NOT restore my icons at all. Be sure to take a snapshot of your layout and save it in a safe place. That is what saved me, not this program.

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• Didn't work on Windows 10

  thisisweird!January 22, 2016

  Pros

  None at all.

  Cons

  It didn't work. The option to save the setting never displayed, even after a refresh.

  Summary

  This program didn't work on Windows 10.

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• Works with Vista 32Bit. Great! Thanks

  ChasPPerthSeptember 11, 2014

  Pros

  Does exactly what I need it to do

  Cons

  None so far

  Summary

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• Used to be Great

  bboxster1April 26, 2014

  Pros

  It doesn't work so, it doesn't have any.

  Cons

  This app worked fine for years. However, on Window 7 it does nott restore them to the supposed saved places. Too bad it used to to a terrific job.

  Summary

  Don't bother.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Apr 26, 2014<p/>Windows 7 - 32 bit

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• Use to work great, not so much lately.

  aziegler60December 26, 2013

  Pros

  Used this utility for a couple of years with no problems, fantastic when it did. Super easy to use.

  Cons

  Not working correctly lately, almost as though there's a limit to the number of icons it will handle. The last few I've added don't get saved when I Save and don't get restored to where they were when I Restore. Every once in awhile, the whole desktop gets whacked again and the tool can't restore any of it. Stuff is saved in the registry so one can only imagine what's happened. Tried deleting a few destktop icons to see if I could find the failure threshold, but no luck. Tried contacting the developer, but his website is gone.

  Summary

  Can't recommend this any longer. Doesn't work reliably and appears to be orphaned at this point.

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• love it ... it's fast, it's simple, it works, i love it

  thefranks5July 13, 2013

  Pros

  simple, fast, reliable, small, helps keeps my desktop page organized the way i want it. it's that simple.

  Cons

  nothing. hope it continues to be updated with newer operating systems

  Summary

  simple, fast, easy. what more could you hope for.

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• Valuable Windows Software!

  drfugawe100January 19, 2012

  Pros

  * Adds another functionality that Windows forgot. * Has never failed to work on my Vista 32 bit. * It's Free!

  Cons

  ??? - I've used this for 3 years, and it has yet to fail me.

  Summary

  I don't understand those reviewers who insist that somehow the author of this free software owes them something! They don't tell us why, but they do somehow feel that the software deserves only one star because it doesn't work on their 64 bit system! So? Using that logic, they should go through all the perfectly good Apple software and rate it one star because it too doesn't work on their Windows OS - Dumb shits. Thank you, Mr. Taylor, for a useful tool that has done its job well for a long time.

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• It works very well for the OSes it is intended for.

  imametsfanJanuary 24, 2011

  Pros

  There applets out there that have more features, but, if all you want is a basic "keep my icons where I put them" program, then none else will do.

  Cons

  It won't work on post-XP Windows OSes.

  Summary

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• no it did not do what it said.

  joevazDecember 21, 2010

  Pros

  easy to manuver

  Cons

  did not work

  Summary

  Could not get it to work on 64bit Vista

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