Windows 10: My desktop shotrcuts lose their position

My desktop shotrcuts lose their position after i use some programs or when my pc goes to sleep mode and then I turn it on again. I'm usig 125% upscaling for my display parameters. To restore their originalmy own position i got to go to display parameters and switch scale to 100% and than back to 125%. That says about software origin of the problem i suppose. That problem occured previously on Win10 as well.Specs: i7-12700k, 32gb ram, gtx 1080

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How to prevent desktop icons from changing positions

Hi Stephen,

There are various reasons why you're experiencing the issue. Let us isolate your concern by enabling the
Auto arrange icons option, and then disabling it to see if the issue will persist. To do this follow these steps:

• Go to the Desktop screen, and then right click anywhere.
• Hover your mouse on View.
• Select Auto arrange icons.
• Restart the computer.
• After restarting the computer, check if your Desktop icons are still in the right position after clicking the
  Auto arrange icons option.
• If your Desktop icons are in the right position, repeat steps 1-3 to disable the
  Auto arrange icons option.
  
• Customize the position of your Desktop icons.
• Restart the computer.
• After restarting the computer, check if the issue will occur.

We'll be waiting for your response.

 

False positive for desktop shortcut scanner.lnk

The 1.239.488.0 virus / spyware definition update that rolled out about 24 hours ago appears to be producing a false positive for any shortcut placed on the desktop called "Scanner.lnk". I can consistently replicate a false positive for Trojan:Win32/FakeSysdef
with the following steps.

• Create a shortcut to an exe file.
• Place the shortcut on the desktop.
• Name the shortcut "Scanner".
• Run "Quick Scan".

I don't get the same result by directly scanning the file, nor by uploading the file to www.virustotal.com, so it would appear this is as a result of a heuristic rather than a file content analysis. I also don't get the same result with a shortcut that links
to a website.

Can anyone else replicate? How can we go about getting the Windows Defender team to reconsider this heuristic? It's a bit heavy-handed.

 

Saving custom desktop icon positions

Hi,

 

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10. 

 

I understand the inconvenience that you are facing on Windows 10, we will help you with this issue.

In order to assist you better, I would like to know the following queries:

What happens when you customize your Desktop icons?

How long does it retains it positions? Does it change on restart?



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



Method 1:

I would suggest you to try the steps and check if it helps.

• Right-click on the desktop and click on View.
• Uncheck the option Align icons to grid.
• Check if the issue persists.

Method 2:

If the issue persists, I would suggest you to boot the computer to
Safe Mode and check if the issue occurs or not. If the issue does not occur in
Safe mode, set the computer in a clean boot state and check if it helps.

Step 1:

I would suggest you to refer the article and check if it helps.

Start your PC in safe mode in Windows - Microsoft Support



Step 2:

If the issue do not occur in Safe Mode perform a
clean boot and check.

Setting the system in a clean boot state will help to identify if any
third party applications or startup items are causing the issue.

Please refer the steps given in the link below to perform a Clean Boot:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135?ppud=4&wa=wsignin1.0

Note: Please go through the section: How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot of the Kb article to boot the computer in normal startup after fixing the issue



Hope this helps. Please respond if you have any further related query.



Thank you.