Any Cure Yet for Desktop Icons Moving, Changing, Resizing themselves?

I read through a long thread from last year here: Desktop icons keep rearranging
That ended about where it started: No cure. I was struck by how many people have this issue of Icons set on the desktop, which move around after restarts or other interruptions, are inconsistent in size, or disappear [onto a non-existent phantom desktop?].

Here on the edge of 2019, is there a cure yet, other than 3rd Party apps like "Desktop OK"? I had not seen this problem since Windows NT days, but now just in the last week I've seen it twice, on 2 NEW laptops with clean Windows 10 installs "from scratch".

any hope?

Thank you D; i'll give that a shot and see if we get lucky, though there is no theme installed, that may not be a deterrent to the mischief! The user blames Google
I have, at the moment, 7 systems with Win 10 running, and none in my possession manifest the issue. But 2 in a row, new clean systems, one of which I installed myself.... uncanny. both intel gpu's

cognus said:

Thank you D; i'll give that a shot and see if we get lucky, though there is no theme installed, that may not be a deterrent to the mischief! The user blames Google
I have, at the moment, 7 systems with Win 10 running, and none in my possession manifest the issue. But 2 in a row, new clean systems, one of which I installed myself.... uncanny. both intel gpu's

I was skeptical at first, but it has worked on many of my customer's computers that were having the same issue.

A couple of years ago it was quite common for my icons to be totally rearranged when switching between accounts. I don't have this problem since recent updates but I still get some minor rearrangement of the icons.

I now use DesktopOK recommended by someone on the forum. It's a simple program which saves the icon positions per user. Run the program and save the icon layout then exit. If the icons get messed up then run the program, restore the icons using your selected saved file and exit.

https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/desktopok.html

Remember Windows Desktop Settings:
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Sometimes people face a problem in Windows when Windows doesn't remember their customization settings on Desktop and taskbar, like icons positions, toolbars positions, taskbar position, etc. So if you are also facing such problem, then this tutorial will help you in fixing the issue:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It will open Registry Editor.

2. Now check for a DWORD "NoSaveSettings" in right-side pane under following keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Program Manager\Restrictions

3. Once you find the DWORD value, delete it and restart your system.It will solve your problem and Windows will remember your desktop settings. In my case NoSaveSettings wasn't present in two Keys, so I had to manually create a new DWORD 32:
NoSaveSettings
Left the value at O

Click OK, arrange your Icons, Folder View settings etc the way you want it.
Save your work, reboot the PC & hopefully you should enjoy a tidy Desktop & Folders opening in the style you prefer.

Hi Ztruker, with me this key had a NoSaveSetting DWORD value:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

I manually added Policies, Explorer --> NoSaveSetting DWORD key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

This key had a NoSaveSetting DWORD value but I can't remember if I added it or if it was present already:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

This last key had no Program Manager & Restrictions key, so I added those + NoSaveSetting DWORD key:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Program Manager\Restrictions