Windows 10: Docking and undocking keeps increasing icon spacing

Dear MS representatives,Will the Windows 10 bug that causes theHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetricsIconSpacing and IconVerticalSpacingto keep increasing from the default value of -1125 each time a Surface Book device is docked and undocked, ever be fixed?I just changed it back to -1125 from a value <-5900 for the Nth time.Thanks.GT

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Desktop icons keep rearranging after dock/undock

I have a Dell laptop and a Dell external monitor. I am running Windows 10 version 1607 build 14393.1884
I have seen other posts about this but nothing recent. I am new to using a laptop with a second monitor. Every time I dock or undock the laptop, the desktop icons rearrange themselves. I have autoarrange off and have tried toggling "display desktop icons".

Was this issue every actually fixed? Or just something we have to live with. Its a big waste of time to arrange my icon on the big external monitor only to have them change after an undock/dock cycle. Also, when I undock, the icon location are very different on the laptop builtin screen.

Is there a way to have two desktops that don't change, one for the external monitor when docked and one of the built-in when undocked?

 

Desktop icons keep rearranging after dock/undock

When you dock and use a full-size monitor the resolution might be 1920x1080.
In that state, let's assume you have icons all over the desktop.

Now undock the laptop. In this mode the display resolution might be 1600x900.
In this situation any x-axis coordinate above 1600 no longer exists.
And any y-axis coordinate above 900 no longer exists.

So any icon that had been in those locations must be moved in order to keep them on screen.
Windows moves them around into seemingly random locations. You cannot prevent that.

However, you can use a program (such as Icon Restorer) to record the location of your desktop icons.

In full 1920x1080 mode ... push your icons into "nice" places and then "record" their locations using Icon Restorer. He will remember icons locations for this 1920x1080 screen. (One button click.)

Undock into 1600x900 mode ... fix the now-scrambled icons into "nice" places and then "record" their locations using Icon Restorer. He will remember icons locations for this 1600x900 screen. (One button click.)

Thereafter ... whenever you go from dock to undock (or vice versa) just "restore" the remembered icon positions using Icon Restorer. (One button click.)

 

Left handed mouse when docked and right handed touchpad when undocked

Hi,

I realize that you want the left handed mouse when docked and right handed touchpad when undocked. I will try to help you with this issue.

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  What is the make and model of the computer?
  

You can configure the mouse settings for left hand and set the touchpad for normal use.

Follow these steps to configure the mouse settings:

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  Press Windows key + I to get the Settings screen.
  
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  Click on Devices and then click on Mouse and Touchpad.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

Thank you.