Windows 10: Icons shifting when display is plugged in

Okay, so, I've had my laptop for almost a year now,

For the first roughly 8 months when i plug in a display, all of my desktop icons stayed in place, on my main laptop screen. (I plug in and detach a monitor all the time, probably at the least once daily, none of the icons ever moved whatsoever)


For the last couple months when i plug in a display all of my desktop icons shift and look scrambled, thrown across both my laptop screen and the plugged in display, And when i unplug the display, all of my icons go back to normal.


When i try to rearrange icons when a display is plugged in, they'll stay for probably 5 mins, then snap back to their scrambled state.


So to summarize my question:

How do i stop my desktop icons from scrambling when i plug in a display?




(both my laptop screen and external display are 1920 x 1080. if anyone needs any more info, just ask.)

:)

 

Resize and rearrange desktop icons with ctrl+shift+(1-0)

To change your desktop icons from vertical to horizontal, follow the steps below:

• Right-click on your desktop.
• Select small icons.

Once done, try to change again the size and display of your desktop icons using the
Ctrl+shift+(1-0) mode and check if the same issue persists.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 10 - Icons shift

Hi Kerry,

Failure to keep the icons on your preferred arrangements can be related to how the
Auto arrange icons option is setup. To isolate you concern, we suggest that you confirm that this option is not checked on your settings. To do this, here are the steps:

• Right-click on a blank space on your desktop.
• Hover your cursor to the View option.
• From the list of options, click the following options deselect them:
  • Auto arrange icons.
  • Align icons to the grid.
  
  
  
  

Once you're done, replicate the concern and check if the issue persists.

We'll appreciate if you can send us and update.

 

Files & Folders View as medium or large Icons

To assist you better, we would suggest that you try to follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer.
• Once you are viewing a folder, right click an empty space within the File Explorer window and select View from the dialogue menu, then choose Large or any icon you wanted to use. Alternatively, you can use the following shortcut keys on the keyboard to
  change your View settings:

• CTRL + SHIFT + 1 Extra Large
• CTRL + SHIFT + 2 Large icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 3 Medium Icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 4 Small Icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 5 List
• CTRL + SHIFT + 6 Details
• CTRL + SHIFT + 7 Tiles
• CTRL + SHIFT + 8 Content

3. Once you have the view set, you can make it the default view for

every folder.

4. Click Apply, then click OK.

Update us on the result.