Just tested and it made no difference. Seems that uncheck View|Align icons to grid" (right-click on the desktop) helps but icons are still moved at times. A good program to restore icons is...

Update 3: A workaround. Turn off (uncheck) "Align icons to grid." First have it checked to arrange icons to the positions you want. Then uncheck it. The icons may of course be repositioned by...

Update2: Not holding anymore. Desktop icons started to move again. So this was not a fix sorry. It is very weird. For a few days none moved. Then I logged into a different account on the same desktop...

Update: Still holding. Desktop icons have not moved since last update! Seems that toggle "show desktop icons" worked (for me). Would be interesting to get feedback from others who have had the same...

Thanks ... tried to toggle the "show desktop icons" off and on two days ago and so far so good. The icons have not moved since. This may not be a solution for everyone. I'll report back in a week or...

What is the latest consensus? I have this issue too. The icons even rearrange during the logged in session at times. I have of course done the obvious and nothing seems to help. Any help is...

Thanks ...

Well I don't understand how the user profiles are setup and I have to say that it's confusing (and misleading) that I cannot go back to the local account selecting the same user name I...

I was "brave" enough to test it. Gave it a different user name and it brought me back to the local account. However both the account name (which appears on the Welcome screen and the Start screen)...

Hi Brink,

Thanks for the quick reply (and thanks for the welcome note).

Yes that user name exists. But I simply want to revert using my local account with the same user name, which I have used...

Brink,
Thanks for the very articles you have provided for the community. Just upgraded from Windows 7 ultimate to Window 10 Pro (all updates included; build version 10586). No major issues except...