Every so often WIndows decides to reshuffle my desktop icons :-(


  1. mmo
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    Every so often WIndows decides to reshuffle my desktop icons :-(


    My Windows 10 installation typically about once per week gets into a mode, where moving or placing a single icon on the desktop from one place to another leads to a complete reshuffle of my entire desktop.
    I absolutely *HATE* that! I have disabled all Explorer settings re. automatic arrangement or alignment to grid or whatever. *I* want to be the master of my icons and nothing else has to interfere here and try to place things! I take that very personal!

    Fortunately I have a program installed that memorizes the icon positions, so I can typically quickly rectify this, when Windows again runs mad, but why the hell does it ever do this in the first place?
    And what's annoying, after restoring their positions, attempting to move one of them immediately again leads to a complete reshuffle. :-(

    Any ideas anyone, what to clear, delete or reset to stop this nonsense?
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  3. dalchina
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    For those that experience this, the extremely extensive threads you can find on this topic on this forum conclude, as has been the case where this has occurred in previous Windows editions- not just Win 10- that using a 3rd party utility is the only apparent fix.

    Desktop icons keep rearranging
    How to lock desktop icons in place?
    Desktop Icons won't stay where I put them
    etc etc
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  4. Callender
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    That happened to me yesterday. Other than using a third party utility to restore icons positions - try resizing icons by [Ctrl+Spin mouse wheel]

    If you make them too large or small it would appear that is when you might get the problem.
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  6. SoFine409
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    This won’t stop it from happening but if you make a snip of the way you have your desktop arranged, and save the image to the desktop, it makes it a whole lot easier to put everything back to your liking.
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  7. Callender
    Posts : 6,893
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    When I resize the icons everything returns to the position it was in originally. I'm not expert on why but it works for me.

    Other than that I've used this in the past:

    Every so often WIndows decides to reshuffle my desktop icons :-(-system-repair-ultra-virus-killer.jpg

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    Revert and Undo Desktop Icons Auto Arranging in Windows 10
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  8. dalchina
    Posts : 43,142
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    Some people suggest fixes like post #193 here:
    Desktop icons keep rearranging

    #221 here:
    Desktop icons keep rearranging
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