I have a Power Macintosh 7100/66AV, running System 7.5.1, and an AppleVision 1710AV display. On startup or restart the desktop will automatically rearrange all of the icons on the desktop in alphabetical order on the right side of the screen, as if I had chosen the "Clean up all" command from the Special menu.

I have found that leaving a Finder window open in icon view before restarting or shutting down, will alphabetically rearrange the icons in that window, instead of on the desktop. Is there a way to correct this problem?

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

• 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.