Moving desktop icons


  1. oldun
    Posts : 17
    Windos 7 Home Premium
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    Moving desktop icons


    I have Windows 7 and I like to see my icons arranged sensibly over the screen and not all lumped together on one side.

    The problem is that every time Windows 7 restarts they are all back in one jumbled mess on the left hand side.

    Please note - I have right-clicked the desktop and I can assure you that "arrange automatically" is NOT ticked.

    Any suggestions?
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  3. Bongo
    Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
       New #2

    Try unchecking Align icons to grid
    Jerry
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  4. seekermeister
    Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
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    To each his own, but I really dislike desktop icons, and never place any there except temporarily. You might take a look at ObjectDock, and see what you think about using it for launchings programs. It's best feature is that it hides off screen, until you need it:

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