Having found some old os2world discussions about this I tried running RmDesktopFolderPos.cmd which generated this output and left the Desktop as it was:-
[J:\PROGRAMS\UTILS\MOVINGDESKTOPOBJECTS]RmDesktopFolderPos.cmd run
Error: 218466@10 was not found in PM_Workplace:FolderPos.
Does not look like that will help then...
Probably wrong, it works here well. The "Error" message is just a bit misleading. Background:
The entry is written by the desktop not in every session. Therefore the cmd won't find it always, which is a good sign, and gives that error message. I already have a version here, which behaves better in the output, but I also wanted to add installation for that script before releasing the next version. Let's see.
Doug's idea was it to place that script in an XWP shutdown folder. That works well for me since years and sooner or later the problem occurs on systems without that script.
BTW: In the future, IFX might make that utility superfluous, by doing the same.