AppleVision 1710AV Display Icons Rearranging On Restart

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By Brian Fant & Conrad Klahn

If you have an AppleVision 1710AV display you may notice that on startup or restart the desktop automatically rearranges all of the icons on the desktop in alphabetical order on the right side of the screen. It acts as if you had chosen the "Clean up all" command from the Special menu. Leaving a Finder window open in icon view before restarting or shutting down, alphabetically rearranges the icons in that window, instead of on the desktop.

Apple is aware of this issue and some workarounds have been developed to address it. Try one of the following workarounds to prevent the icons from rearranging on your desktop:

Workarounds

System 7.5

Create a new empty folder in the Shutdown Items folder (in the System Folder). When the computer is shutdown, the folder will open. At startup the Finder tries to rearrange the contents of the empty folder, not the icons on the desktop.

System 7.5 or Earlier System Software

Leave a Finder window open before restarting or shutting down. The icons in that window will be rearranged, instead of the ones on the desktop.

Use a sense code adapter. Doing this would force the Macintosh computer to recognize the AppleVision 1710AV display as a monitor with only one available resolution. For example, an adapter could be used to make the computer believe that the AppleVision 1710AV display was a 21-inch RGB display. You cannot switch resolutions unless the adapter you are using supports this feature.

Note: If you have any external volumes (hard drive, server, or other) that automatically mounts at startup, you will need to leave an empty open folder on the last mounting volume. If other volumes mount at startup after the empty window opens, the window will move to the background and will not prevent reorganization.

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