SIMPLEPROBLEM: Desktop icons freemixing without user consent


  1. Posts : 488
    Microsoft Windows 7 HomePremium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1

    SIMPLEPROBLEM: Desktop icons freemixing without user consent


    I want my desktop icons to remain in place the way I sort them. But on reboot they have it in their heads that they can just wander around the desktop & settle wherever they like without any permission whatsoever on my part.

    How do I drill some discipline into 'em so that each icon knows its place on the desktop & scurries to said location each & every reboot?
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  2. Posts : 87
    home premium 32 bit
       #2

    Right Click on desktop free space and go to 'view'
    Untick the entry marked 'auto arrange' - I believe this will fix your wandering icons.
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  3. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #3

    You can also install a program like DesktopOK to remember and restore desktop icon position when needed.
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