desktop icons keep moving....


  1. cavair
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    desktop icons keep moving....


    Every so often i find that my desktop icons have moved from where i positioned them. The right click menu for auto arrange icons and align to grid are both unticked. My wife uses PC as well but she doesnt move them!
    I dont understand how win7 might be moving them! i have AVG free, Spyware doctor and WIN 7 firewall all operating and never usually have any probs but theres a worry in the back of my mind that it could be an infection that is causing this as a "joke" virus.?

    or is it something to do with win7 ? !!
    its not drastic but just really niggling me!!
    sorry but i havent actually checked whether theyre being re-arranged in any sort of order.

    Thanks for any ideas!
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  3. DocBrown
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    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
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    You might try the FREE version of MalWareBytes for spyware.

    Run it in Windows Safe Mode for best results.
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  4. whs
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    It is unlikely that a virus does that. But running AVG and Spyware Dr. together (if they are both active) is not such a good deal.
    I myself do not like Icons on my desktop. I hide them in Rocket Dock and in Toolbars. There they cannot move around.
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  6. billynomates
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    I usually have just the Trash and one other program on my desktop. But when I'm building a new theme there's images and IE shortcuts and all sorts of stuff on there!
    So to keep it in order I use and have used for aeons Jamie O'Connells Desktop Restore. Adds itself to your desktop context menu. There's a 32 or 64bit version.

    As to why they move about, it's a little known feature added just to annoy you!! (In other words, I dunno!)
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