Windows 10: My desktop icons move when turning second monitor off

Discus and support My desktop icons move when turning second monitor off in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; So, i have dual monitors, with icons distributed across both.Is there a way to lock the icons on monitor 2 so that when i turn it off, they simply dont... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Andrei S2, Jun 1, 2024.

  1. Andrei S2 Win User

    My desktop icons move when turning second monitor off


    So, i have dual monitors, with icons distributed across both.Is there a way to lock the icons on monitor 2 so that when i turn it off, they simply dont rush over to monitor 1 the main one??I even have a thrid monitor that is a TV near my bed, and i sometimes use it by itself, but id like the TV desktop to stay free of icons when i turn my 2 monitors off, instead of having all icons rush over to it.

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    Andrei S2, Jun 1, 2024
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  2. techguy31 Win User

    Desktop Icon Keeps On Moving

    I see. I was using a 23" monitor before and the highest resolution was below 1080p so I guess windows remembers that monitors resolution right? I have tried de.das.dude suggestion, but everytime I turn off the computer after arranging the icons it goes back to misarranging the icons.
     
    techguy31, Jun 1, 2024
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  3. Windows 11 Desktop icons keep moving to my second monitor

    Hello,

    Recently, all of my desktop icons have started moving to my second monitor even though my main monitor is set as my main monitor under Windows 11 settings. I currently have my main monitor set at 1920x1080 @ 100% zoom in Windows settings and my second monitor at 3840x2160 @ 200% zoom in Windows settings. When it's like this all of my icons are on my secondary monitor for no reason. Interestingly, when I change my second monitor to 175% zoom the icons go back to where they should be. I would like my scale at 200% though, as it was before.

    I've been running my monitors how I described them above for a while with no issues at all before this. I've tried:

    - Turning auto arrange icons off and on (retarting Windows every time)

    - Deleting the icon cache folder (restarted Windows)

    - Turning off extended displays and turning it back on to see if anything changed

    - Setting my other monitor as my main and then switching it back (restarting Windows in the process)

    - Making sure Windows is completely up to date

    - Turned off "allow themes to change desktop icons"

    Any help would be appreciated. Maybe this is a bug that will be fixed in the next update.
     
    Imperfct Aura, Jun 1, 2024
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  4. Hazeroni Win User

    My desktop icons move when turning second monitor off

    Desktop icons splitting between main and second monitor

    I was messing around with my desktop settings a few days ago and when I changed the size of my desktop icons from medium to large back to medium, my icons started splitting between my main and second monitor. I moved them back, but whenever I restart
    or turn my computer back on they split again. I've never had this problem in the many years since I've had a dual monitor setup and it is irritating me to no end.
     
    Hazeroni, Jun 1, 2024
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