Windows 10: Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving

is there a way to quick find the keys in registry ?

dalchina said:

Hi, I can confirm those keys do not exist on my PC (I use Bitdefender).
As these symptoms (folder view, desk top icons) have affected many others thru several generations of Windows I assume there is another mechanism that can give rise to the same symptoms, as far as I know, without reliable solution.

hi
thanks
i mean for reporting about bitdefender, may i ask you a question ?
have you the same problem? i mean about icons and folders

i spent 4 day with this problem finally found it here
thanks for this help its working great my windows is back to normal now thanks so much

drugo said:

hi
thanks
i mean for reporting about bitdefender, may i ask you a question ?
have you the same problem? i mean about icons and folders

Hi, fortunately not, but I'm intrigued that this thread has found a root cause in this instance. However the many reports of the same symptoms over years suggest Nod32 isn't the only instigator. I found one registry key common to both desktop icons auto-arranging and folder view settings not being retained, but could not force the symptoms to occur either via that or the better known 'shell\Bags' keys. Other 'fixes' posted only seem to work for a few users.

Jimakos said:

is there a way to quick find the keys in registry ?

Hi, if you use a registry editor that allows you to cut and paste the whole key location into the equivalent of the address bar, all you have to do is launch the editor, paste in the key, and you're there.

Regeditx,
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for example. Freeware.

Thank you so much ! The registry thing worked fine for me. Finally, those icons won't move anymore !

Zash said:

Hi! Grab this file and right-click then Run as Administrator

ESET_FolderViewSettingsFix.bat

After running this, restart/reboot your computer.

After running this file i have acces denied.
Its can't work with instruction. Wham i'm doing wrong?

janki111 said:

After running this file i have acces denied.
Its can't work with instruction. Wham i'm doing wrong?

My bad, I forgot to add lines changing the permissions of the registry keys.

Check the attachments on the first post.