Easy Desktop Keeper

Easy Desktop Keeper is a powerful Windows software product that can save and lock your desktop icon layout, wallpaper and screensaver.
What's the purpose of such an application? Well, think about it. You spend a few minutes to arrange desktop icons in the exact way you like it, you set up a new wallpaper and choose a new screensaver.
Seconds after that, you install some kind of application that requires a restart. When you log back into Windows, everything is a mess and icons are randomly arranged on the desktop.
That's why Easy Desktop Keeper can be such a helpful tool. Whenever you organize your desktop, you can quickly save the layout. There are two options: either save the file and load it back at a later time, which is pretty useful for school computers, or simply lock the desktop completely so nobody can change anything.
The GUI is pretty simple and it's hard to believe that you can't figure out the purpose of the built-in features. There are the usual save, load and delete controls to manage your layouts, but also the “Options” screen that provides access to a bunch of new utilities.
For example, you are allowed to configure password protection, lock the desktop layout of the current user, enable or disable the Tray icon and adjust security options for the currently logged in user.
Easy Desktop Keeper doesn't require special user privileges and runs smoothly on all Windows versions. CPU usage is very low, despite the fact that Easy Desktop Keeper was designed to be used all the time.
To sum up all of the above, Easy Desktop Keeper is a handy piece of software that features the most essential tools to serve its purpose. A well thought out GUI is there to help you too, so the app tries to appeal to all user categories.