Windows 10: Desktop icons moving to monitor 2

Discus and support Desktop icons moving to monitor 2 in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Is there a known solution for this problem? (Icons moved to the 2nd display after some windows update nearly a year ago - still haven't seen any real... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by DaliusMA, Jul 13, 2018.

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    Desktop icons moving to monitor 2


    Is there a known solution for this problem?

    (Icons moved to the 2nd display after some windows update nearly a year ago - still haven't seen any real fix:-(...)

    :)
     
    DaliusMA, Jul 13, 2018
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  2. Desktop icons moving to monitor 2

    Hi Ruth,

    Thanks for the suggestion but I'm afraid I already had the desktop set up with "Auto arrange icons" unchecked and "Align icons to grid" checked; I have had it set like that for months.

    To expand on the issue, the desktop windows I leave open also rearrange themselves into an area that represents a smaller desktop than that which is configured. Again, this is possibly because when waking up, the smaller monitor 2 desktop seems to come
    alive first so all the windows appear there before being moved back when monitor 1 wakes up, at which point all windows (even the monitor 2 ones) are moved onto monitor 1. I've never worried too much about the windows because I have a third-party program
    that will move them all back, but not the icons, sadly.

    Regards,

    Jim.
     
    Jim_FitzSimmons, Jul 13, 2018
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    I have two monitors on my Windows 10 PC - monitor 1 (on the right) is a 32" set to 1920x1080 resolution and a monitor 2 (on the left) is a 17" set to 1280x1024 resolution. I have extended the desktop over both monitors with the right-hand one (monitor 1)
    being the main monitor that has the desktop icons on it, stacked vertically along the left-hand edge of the desktop. This all works beautifully except that after waking my PC from sleep mode, my icons always move to part-way across monitor 2 (about 2 thirds
    from the left) and I have to move them back manually.

    I've tried every sort of configuration I can think of to prevent this but nothing works. This aggravates me in the extreme as I always have windows open covering every inch of my extended desktop apart from the bit where the icons normally reside so I have
    to keep minimising things so I can move them back, otherwise I can't get to them in a hurry (if a customer calls with an emergency).

    I'm thinking that maybe on waking, the PC sees monitor 2 before monitor 1 and gets confused as to which is the primary monitor but if that really were the case, I'd expect the icons to be positioned on the left of monitor 2, not just hanging around in the
    middle somewhere.

    Has anybody else seen this and perhaps solved it?
     
    Jim_FitzSimmons, Jul 13, 2018
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    Desktop icons moved to monitor 2 from monitor 1

    After a recent update, my desktop icons moved to monitor 2 from monitor 1. I have tried everything I can think of in display settings, but do not know how to get the icons to move back to monitor 1. Can you please help me. Thank you.
     
    AnnieCares, Jul 13, 2018
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