Desktop icons rearrange themselves every other reboot

zYx

Member of Mayday
Hello,

I tried to find a solution to this problem online, but couldn't find anything concrete.

Like I said in the subject, the desktop icons rearrange themselves every other reboot. Not every time, but occasionally and quite often, often enough to annoy me.

I have a 30" screen 2560x1600 and I keep a lot of icons on the desktop. I have to keep arranging them.

All settings are configured correctly. In Personalize>Desktop Icons - auto arrange icons is unchecked. The OS restarts correctly so I'm not sure what is causing this problem, but it's getting on my nerves.

Did anyone come across a similar problem?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
zYxMa Computers, Inc. iFixYourPC.co
OS
7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
i7-2600K
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
Memory
Corsair 1866MHz 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI HD6990
Sound Card
HD6990 + Yamaha RX-V467
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell U3011 | Panasonic P50VT20 3D
Screen Resolution
30" 2560x1600 | 50" 1920x1080 3D
Hard Drives
OCZ HybridDrive 1TB | OCZ Agility 3 - OS | Hitachi 250GB - Random | WD 1TB - Files | Seagate 1TB - Files | WD 1.5TB - Files
PSU
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W
Case
CoolerMaster Cosmos-II
Cooling
Liquid-cooled
Keyboard
Logitech Illuminated K800 + diNovo Mini
Mouse
RAT9 + MX Revolution + MX Air + Harmony One
Internet Speed
18mbps
Other Info
iPhone 4S 64GB

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop
OS
Win 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel i5 2.4 Ghz
Memory
8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD 3000
Sound Card
IDT High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED
Screen Resolution
1280x800
Hard Drives
640Gb 7200rpm
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Opera (primary) with IE9 backup
Apparently this is an on-going issue. From a Microsoft Answers forum thread:

Windows 7 desktop icons keep rearranging themselves - Microsoft Answers

And from a Microsoft Technet forum thread:

Windows 7 Desktop Icons rearrange on reboot (screenshots included)


Thanks for this. I've seen it before and all these solutions didn't fix the problem for me, but when I was looking at it today I found this: Save and Restore Desktop Icon Layout in Windows Vista - How-To Geek

I'll try it and will let you know if it helped.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
zYxMa Computers, Inc. iFixYourPC.co
OS
7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
i7-2600K
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
Memory
Corsair 1866MHz 8GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI HD6990
Sound Card
HD6990 + Yamaha RX-V467
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell U3011 | Panasonic P50VT20 3D
Screen Resolution
30" 2560x1600 | 50" 1920x1080 3D
Hard Drives
OCZ HybridDrive 1TB | OCZ Agility 3 - OS | Hitachi 250GB - Random | WD 1TB - Files | Seagate 1TB - Files | WD 1.5TB - Files
PSU
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W
Case
CoolerMaster Cosmos-II
Cooling
Liquid-cooled
Keyboard
Logitech Illuminated K800 + diNovo Mini
Mouse
RAT9 + MX Revolution + MX Air + Harmony One
Internet Speed
18mbps
Other Info
iPhone 4S 64GB
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