Solved Desktop Icons shift to the left side by themselves?

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How can I stop this? I like to organize the desktop icons my way and lately they have been shifting and organizing themselves when I restart or resume I think. I must have done something. Any ideas?
 

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Does it still do it if you un-check align to grid?

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I unchecked that and hit refresh as someone posted in a searched thread. Thanks. I'll see how that goes.
 

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I unchecked that and hit refresh as someone posted in a searched thread. Thanks. I'll see how that goes.

Still moved over on me. I'm not sure whats causeing it. A complete shutdown? sleep mode may not be doing it. But it annoys me still.
Any ideas from here? I have unchecked auto and align grid. And uncheck change with themes.
 

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Dell Latitude 6530 Notebook ( 15.6 screen)
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Win7 64 Bit
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I-5
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8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 4000
Monitor(s) Displays
FHD 1980 x 1080
Screen Resolution
1980x1280
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB for OS Samsung Pro 840 256 GB for Storage.
Keyboard
Backlit Key's
Internet Speed
DSL 1.5 mbps

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Zotac Geforce GTX 770
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ASUS Xonar D2X
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1920x1080@60hz
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1 Samsung 250GB 840 Evo SSD
1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)

Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
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Corsair HX1000W
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Cooler Master HAF 932
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Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
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No I haven't..thanks...I recently found in the themes list an unsaved theme that was the current desktop picture so I saved the theme. I couldn't delete it because it wasn't saved I guess. So I saved and organized my icons again. I'll see it that does it if it doesn't work I'll go to your recommendation.

jim
 

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Dell Latitude 6530 Notebook ( 15.6 screen)
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Win7 64 Bit
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I-5
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 4000
Monitor(s) Displays
FHD 1980 x 1080
Screen Resolution
1980x1280
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB for OS Samsung Pro 840 256 GB for Storage.
Keyboard
Backlit Key's
Internet Speed
DSL 1.5 mbps

Still no luck and I tried Icon Casche rebuild as well. They stay for a while then go back to the left side. Don't know what sets them off to go. Seemed fine for a day and then this morning they were shifted.
So far I've uncheck align icons to grid,change with theme,auto and saved a theme (a picture from my pictures for destop background).
 

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Win7 64 Bit
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I-5
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 4000
Monitor(s) Displays
FHD 1980 x 1080
Screen Resolution
1980x1280
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB for OS Samsung Pro 840 256 GB for Storage.
Keyboard
Backlit Key's
Internet Speed
DSL 1.5 mbps
Is th auto arrange setting set off?
 

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Yes it's off. I just found out one of the ways or the cause. I have MSN Premium as a browser. When I adjust the dashboard on the right side the main screen seperates and moves to the left causeing the icons to shift as well. Wierd. With XP It never did this but with xp I had a 14 in display and this one is 15.6 so this new size affects MSN Premium.
 

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Win7 64 BitI-58 GBIntel 4000
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Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Latitude 6530 Notebook ( 15.6 screen)
OS
Win7 64 Bit
CPU
I-5
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel 4000
Monitor(s) Displays
FHD 1980 x 1080
Screen Resolution
1980x1280
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB for OS Samsung Pro 840 256 GB for Storage.
Keyboard
Backlit Key's
Internet Speed
DSL 1.5 mbps
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