Windows 10: How to stop Win 10 Pro from auto-arranging desktop icons

All of a sudden my Win 10 Pro is auto-arranging my desktop icons. I had my icons grouped so I could find what I needed quickly (desktop option VIEW/Auto Arrange Icons and Align Icons to Grid turned off).

After this happened the first time, I re-arranged those icons only to come back in an hour and find then re-arranged again. This continues to happen.

Anyone have an idea what's going on?

Thanks.


Win 10 Pro 64-bit v.1511 build 10586.318
AMD FX-8370 8-core 4.0 GHz
EVGA GTX 970 SSC
32G DDR3 1600 memory

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Can't move shortcut icons on my desktop to different locations on the desktop

I upgraded from Win 7 X 64 home to Win 10 home then upgraded to Win 10 Pro with no problems.

One thing I found that I am unable to do that I was able to do on all previous versions of Windows is reposition/move desktop icons. I can't in Win 10. The option to align the icons to a grid or auto arrange is not checked. My question is, How can I move
the desktop icons in Windows 10??

 

auto arrange icon desktop , why ?

hi ,

i have windows 10 enterprise after 2 day from installed windows , my desktop icon is auto arrange set but in right click option is not set ,

i have problem with this , when i refresh the desktop this is change icon position to auto arrange , please help me ? how can i set dont auto arrange in desktop ?????

 

A long time ago this happened to me in Windows 7 when I had a virus. I hope you get this figured out.

 

Install a Desktop Icon manager, like DesktopOK. Set everything upas you want it then tell DesktopOK to remember it. Then if they get scrambled, one click to restore it. Not a fix but at least it will allow tyou to restore them quickly and easily.

Next,Use one of these methods to clean out all your Event Viewer logs: How to Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows

CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Clear All Event Viewer Logs using a BAT file
• Option Two: To Clear All Event Viewer Logs in Command Prompt
• Option Three: To Clear All Event Viewer Logs in PowerShell
• Option Four: To Clear Individual Event Viewer Logs in Event Viewer

Wait for the icons to be scrambled then look at Event Viewer to see if anything was logged that would give you a clue to what happened.

Edit: Malware is a possibility as Rocky said. Run your AV scans and Malware Bytes Anti-malware scan.

 

Thanks for the replies.

Will clear the event logs. Running DesktopOK and MalwareBytes. Will return when things calm down.

 

MalwareBytes found 106 items and quarantined them. Reconfigured the desktop and ran DesktopOK. Went to dinner. Came back and accessed the PC. Desktop was the same as I left it.

So it must have been some kind of malware that was the problem. Funny Norton IS didn't catch the malware. Will keep monitoring the desktop and open a new ticket if it happens again and the above steps don't clear the issue.

Thanks again for all your help!