Windows 10: Desktop Icon Setting not saved after Windows Update

Discus and support Desktop Icon Setting not saved after Windows Update in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hi.. Guys.. Recently my PC just started to have some weird problem. Everytime after I restarted my PC or just restarted explorer.exe, my desktop... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by Kanuki, Sep 11, 2015.

  1. KANUKI
    Kanuki Win User

    Desktop Icon Setting not saved after Windows Update


    Hi.. Guys..

    Recently my PC just started to have some weird problem.
    Everytime after I restarted my PC or just restarted explorer.exe,
    my desktop icon reset from small size to medium and sorting
    order also reset. Besides I also noticed that in every folder
    view settings also reset.

    The reason why I suspected it caused by one of the updates
    because I just formatted my PC. Everything was normal in
    the beginning but after I updated the windows. The exact problem
    came back.

    Do you guys have any idea which update may be causing this?

    :)
     
    Kanuki, Sep 11, 2015
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  2. R057
    r057 Win User

    Desktop icon lock/unlock???

    This desktop lock feature is very good (Windows 10)

    However, is it really effective?

    1/

    did re-position a desktop icon after doing the "lock" set..

    Restart the computer.

    the icon does not revert to the saved "lock" position

    2/

    another occasion after "lock" set

    Windows found some error and did a restart

    all the desktop icons reverted to a jumble
     
    r057, Sep 11, 2015
    #2
  3. RAMESH SRINIVASAN
    Ramesh Srinivasan Win User
    Word Icons move on the desktop to the far left after the file was edited and saved

    Information in this post might help.

    File Icons change position on desktop after editing.. - Microsoft Community

    I'm copying the solution posted by "Jami" here.

    MS Word uses a feature called "Background Saving". You can search about it yourself, but simply, it supposedly helps speed up the time it takes to save larger documents. After I "disabled" this setting, I made changes to my document, then saved, and
    voila!... the icon stayed where it originally was. Try it for yourself. I found it within the Advanced Options settings. Let me know if this helps you since you are using different version OS and MS OFFICE.
     
    Ramesh Srinivasan, Sep 11, 2015
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  4. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member

    Desktop Icon Setting not saved after Windows Update

    Desktop Icon Setting not saved after Windows Update [​IMG]
     
    Cliff S, Sep 11, 2015
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  5. KANUKI
    Kanuki Win User
    Thank you so much.... but it did not solve my problem.

    The desktop icons still kept returning to medium size and
    re-arranged everytime I restarted my PC or restarted explorer.exe.

    I'm trying to uninstall the update one-by-one to see whether which
    one causing this problem.
     
    Kanuki, Sep 12, 2015
    #5
  6. CRILL333
    crill333 Win User
    Hi!

    I got the same thing. After you kill "explorer.exe" the desktop layout resets to standard. *Sad

    Hope it will be fixed in next update! *Zip
     
    crill333, Apr 5, 2018
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