Windows 10: Desktop icons location changes

Discus and support Desktop icons location changes in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello everyone, I have a PC running Windows 10 Professional. Since the last 2-3 days I have observed that my desktop icons arrangement changes after I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by greatchap, May 22, 2019.

  1. greatchap Win User

    Desktop icons location changes


    Hello everyone,
    I have a PC running Windows 10 Professional. Since the last 2-3 days I have observed that my desktop icons arrangement changes after I either reboot my PC or take my PC on remote support.

    I use teamviewer on my PC and frequently access my PC from home. I have been doing this for a long time and never had problems. A few days ago when I took my PC on remote support I saw desktop icons jumbled up (means one row has only 5 icons next has 10 next has 4 and so on). I thought it must have just happened.

    So when I used my pc physically (not through remote support), I arranged the icons and rebooted. After reboot the icons would again jumble up. So I did some google search and tried the following :

    1) Deleted iconcache file
    2) Unchecked auto arrange icons
    3) unchecked allow themes to change desktop icons
    4) My screen resolution is OK 1920x1080
    5) Did a scan sfc /scannow - windows found some issues and fixed it. But this problem was not solved

    What should I do ?

    Regards,
    GR

    :)
     
    greatchap, May 22, 2019
    #1
  2. MCK
    mck Win User

    Cannot change desktop icon


    Sometimes a desktop icon changes from what it was to a plain white folder. Might be something I did but not sure what.

    To change it to the icon I want, I go:
    1. Rt-click icon > Properties > Change icon
    2. I select the icon I want from the thumbnails of icons.
    3. Click OK
    4. Click Apply
    But the icon does not change. It just stays looking like a white folder.
    HOWEVER, if I pin the icon to the taskbar, the icon on the taskbar does look like the icon I selected in step-2. So the change is registered with Win10 but the icon on the desktop just doesn't change.

    Any ideas on how to fix this?
     
  3. Nick89 Win User
    Program that saves the location of Desktop icons?

    Are there any programs that will save the locations of my desktop icons? every time I play a game or my computer goes to sleep they get all f*&^ed up and its pissing me off.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    Nick89, May 22, 2019
    #3
  4. fenurch Win User

    Desktop icons location changes

    Program that saves the location of Desktop icons?

    It would kind of make-sense if in a game you used a lower resolution than your desktop.
    However, the sad news is that I have no idea how to fix it, whether there is a program that saves all your icon locations or why this is happening when your computer goes to sleep.
     
    fenurch, May 22, 2019
    #4
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