Windows 10: Icons keep moving

I don't think anything.

Place your icons where you want them and then do what you normally do. My expectations is that your machine will run normally, then in the afternoon, tomorrow, your machine will run out of power. Windows will protect itself and hibernate based on the 10%.

When you get back to machine you will plug it in and click the power button. Windows will wake up and your icons should be where you left them. (Fingers crossed.) Some machines don't hibernate well. The assumption is this one will.

 

I recently noticed when i put my laptop into sleep mode and awake it the icons are all on the left hand side of the screen, anyone know how i can prevent this happening?

:)

 

Icons keep moving!

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We understand the inconvenience caused and will assist you.

I suggest you to follow the methods provided below and check if it helps.

Method 1: Run SFC (System File Checker) scan.

• Right click on Start button and select “Command Prompt (Admin)”.
• Type “sfc /scannow” and press Enter.
• After the scan is complete, type “exit” and press Enter.

For more information about SFC scan, click on the link below:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

Method 2: Run the DISM Tool.

• Press Windows + X keys and click
  command prompt(admin).
• Type the following commands in command prompt one by one and press Enter after each command.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Method 3: Perform Clean Boot.
I suggest you to perform a A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update or when you run a program in Windows
10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista. You may also troubleshoot or determine what conflict is causing the problem by performing a clean boot.

* Place the computer in a Clean Boot and check if the issue is occurring due to any third party programs.

You can open the system configuration window in Windows 10:

a. Using run command.

• Press Windows Key + R keys on the Keyboard.
• Type msconfig.msc and press Enter.

b. Using Cortana.

• Press Windows icon key on the keyboard and type
  msconfig.
• Select the top most search result.

Follow the steps from 3 under How to perform a clean boot
for Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 from the link below (The steps for clean boot suggested in the link below for
Windows 8/8.1 is applicable for Windows 10 as well):

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

Disclaimer: Start the computer in normal mode refer the section,
How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting
from the link above.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

 

Icons keep moving!

I've had a new computer with Windows 10 for a week now, and whenever the computer is restarted, or when I switch between accounts, all of my desktop icons are rearranged, and it is infuriating! Auto arrange is turned off, I've tried different registry fixes,
and nothing!

How do I permanently fix this problem??

 

Hi bikeit.

Any chance Auto arrange Icons is enabled?

Right click clear area desktop, view, Auto arrange icons.

If it is disabled, no check mark, I would enable, place a check mark, then restart and disable. Hopefully changing state will enforce your settings.

 

Caledon Ken have tried your suggestion and will report back with how it goes. Thanks.

 

Caledon Ken have tried your suggestion and will report back with how it goes. Thanks.

 

bikeit,
could you also check Reliability history, if there are any system problems (restart, instead of wake from sleep, or similar). It's much easier to see problems in there, than in Event viewer..

Problems with graphic drivers could also lead to such problems.

 

AndreTen how do i check reliability history? also how do i check if the graphics card has any problems?

 

Click on Start (bottom left corner) and start typing reliability - it should show in Search box - click on it. We can check on drivers later..





post a picture of what it shows

 

I cannot get the screen shot to save so i can post it here? any help please?

 

Here are tutorials for posting screenshots

Basically, press WIN+Shift+S keys together and cross will appear. Mark the area to copy, deselect that A/A mark in top right corner of Reply box and press Ctrl+v *Smile

 

bikeit, now click on "View technical details" and post what it says in both Windows error (there would probably be just Windows was not properly shut down) and under AAM Updater
Check if occurrences of that errors coincide with your problems - icons moved to left...

Something is preventing your computer to go to sleep, or hibernate (properly).

I would disable that Adobe updater and also fast startup. If your laptop is mostly on table (you're not taking it around much), you could try to disable hibernation altogether, but wait with that.