Windows 10: Is there any way I can stop interfering with my desktop. e.g. my entire desktop layout has...

Is there any way I can stop interfering with my desktop. e.g. my entire desktop layout has been screwed up in there latest intervention. I dont want my personal settings changed I do want updates

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windows 10 deleted my desktop files

Step 1 - I upgraded to Win 10 and lost all my files on Desktop.

Step 2 - Found the files in Network - USers- Desktop

copied all files again to desktop.

Step 3- Restarted my machine again and lost desktop files again.

Step 4 - As suggested did the following as listed below but dont find my files.

• Press “Windows + E”, open This PC/Computer
• Open Local Disc C, open Windows.old
• Click on Users, select your User name
• Go to desktop folder

Cant find my files. Why is Win 10 deleted files again and again from Desktop ?.

 

Windows desktop layout mystery

This is regarding my Windows desktop layouts for both version 7 and 10.

My desktop will sometimes, self-organize into an almost logical layout.

It will take icons used the most and align them along the top of the screen in horizontal rows stopping at about the middle of the screen.

Then it skips a row and adds items not used as much below the skipped row.

It also leaves a vertical gap in the screen starting at the the end of the row on the left stopping at 2 columns from the right. On the right side it places unrelated items in these two columns.

The following is the screen layout, the letters are just icons.

[table][tr][td]a[/td][td]b[/td][td]c[/td][td]d[/td][td][td][td]e[/td][td]f[/td][/tr][tr][td]g[/td][td]h[/td][td]i[/td][td]j[/td][td][td][td]k[/td][td]l[/td][/tr][tr][td][td][td][td][td][td][td]q[/td][td]r[/td][/tr][tr][td]m[/td][td]n[/td][td]o[/td][td]p[/td][td][td][td]w[/td][td]x[/td][/tr][tr][td]s[/td][td]t[/td][td]u[/td][td]v[/td][td][td][td]y[/td][td]z[/td][/tr][/table]

I don't remember putting the icons in this kind of order. I will sort the desktop and it will stay sorted for a while, but the desktop eventually reverts to this peculiar layout.

Does anyone have any ideas on how this is happening?

I would like to tweak it if this is a hidden feature or know that I need to get rid of a weird virus.

 

Desktop icon layout

I know there are threads on how to maintain icon layout position, but I find none of them to be adequate. Why can't Microsoft just add a simple feature to save and restore desktop icon positions? Or simply just not mess them all up in the first place? And
no, unchecking the 'auto arrange' or 'Allow themes to change desktop icons' doesn't work. Just check the 'This PC' in the 'Desktop Icon Settings', apply, then remove it and your icon layout will be messed up. The User interface is one of the most important
element of any software. The reason people put icons on the desktop is for ease and quick access to their favorite applications. Microsoft just don't seem to get that. It's something that's been bugging me ever since I started using Windows.

I would have liked to pick 'Incompetence' for 'Category', but it wasn't listed...