Windows 10: Desktop icons moving around due to external monitor on laptop

Hi Sir, Desktop icons moving around due to external monitor on laptop? May I know how to solve it? The picture below is the display before connected to the external monitor: The picture below is the display after connected to the external monitor: Please advise the way to rearrange the folder and file like display in laptop after connected to external monitor. Thanks.

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Desktop icons move to primary monitor after connecting external monitor

Original title: Desktop icons move

After I arrange my desktop icons on my laptop, everything is fine until I plug in an external monitor. Then all icons move to the right of my laptop screen which is my primary display. How do I correct this problem so that icons DO NOT move with an external
monitor attached?

 

Desktop Icons Rearranged To Laptop Monitor From External Monitor

Windows 10 laptop. I connect it to an external monitor and use hdmi cable. My external monitor is my main monitor. I use the laptop monitor as the secondary monitor. I extend the display.



My desktop icons are always on my external monitor desktop. I had moved the hdmi cable connected to my laptop i believe which caused all my icons from my external monitor to go on the laptop monitor. Also there is even spacing on all of the icons. Has anyone had this happened? I then clicked sort and then it rearranged so there is no spacing etc. However, i then noticed hey why are my icons on my laptop monitor and not my external monitor.



Does anyone know why this happened? When i open chrome and other programs, it does open up on my external monitor though which is my primary monitor. I believe i can just drag each of the icons on my desktop on my laptop screen to my external monitor. So just do this and that fixes the issue right? Or is there a way to have all the icons just move to the external monitor. The reason i ask this is in case the icons just suddenly move to the laptop screen again.

 

How to prevent the desktop icons from moving

Hello-

Windows 11

Lenovo 14 inch laptop

Many people have asked this question and are getting the wrong answer.



Desktop Icons scatter when moving laptop to different monitor. The solutions that have been offered are not a fix. The instruction to right-click the blank spot on desktop > view > then remove the checkmark on Allow > and check Grid does not prevent the desktop icons from moving when moving the laptop to/from an external monitor.

Any suggestions?