icon positions on desktop

[cyberclay <cclay fastlane net>]

Hey,
  I currently have around 20 icons on my desktop, all arranged in
vertical columns starting at the top left corner of my desktop.  The
columns go down to the very bottom of my screen.  The problem is that
the GNOME panel overlaps the last icon in the column.  Is there a way
to prevent this?  Ideally, I'd like to stop the column of icons just
above the panel.

Regards,
  cyberclay

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