Smir is a free tool to backup positions of desktop icons and restore them. The information in the Smir is stored into a text file, and it does not requires any insallation.
Sometimes it happens that the position of icons changes or icons get lost due to some reasons. In that case, Smir is good option for you to restore the position of your icons. You can save unlimited number of desktop icons layouts and you can restore them very quickly.
Let’s take a look at its main interface in the screenshots below.
How To Backup And Restore Position Of Windows Desktop Icons:
Download this application from the link given at the end of this review. Smir is a portable application. No installation is required for Smir. The size of the downloaded zip file is less than 1 MB. Double click on the zip file and extract it to to your desktop. Then click on its icon to start this application. As you see in the above screenshot, it has two buttons in the its main user interface.:
- Save
- Restore
Start by clicking on “Save” button
This will save the layout of desktop icons in a text file.
To test it, let’s go to Windows desktop and and scramble our desktop icons.
Now click on Smir and click on “Restore” button
and then click on the file which you saved earlier and last click on open.
Now it shows you the desktop icon layout restored to how you had backed it up.
It is really cool, isn’t it. And would you believe this is not the only software out there that does that? We have reviewed a couple of similar software earlier: DesktopSaver, IconRestorer.
The best thing is that it is freely available for download. Ant it is portable, so you can easily carry it in your USB flash drive and take it with you everywhere.
Key Features Of This Freeware For Backup and Restore Desktop Icons Position :
- Smir is a freeware.
- It is portable. No installation is required for this.
- It is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1.
- Smir is a lightweight application.
- Smir is very easy to use.
- This application has a simple and attractive user interface.
- It Backup and Restore your Windows desktop icons.
- This is a cool and useful windows based application.
The Final Verdict:
Smir is a handy tool for backup and restore the position of your Windows desktop icons. The good thing it that it is free.
