Windows 10: OneDrive is changing my desktop icons alignment

Hello,I'm helping a user that OneDrive is changing the order of their desktop icons. I tried disabling the "Auto arrange icons" and "Align icons to grid" options. Tried deleting the IconCache too. Tried disabling "allow themes to make changes to icons}. but no luck. Any ideas?The user is using Windows 11. And every time restarts the computer the icons go one over the other, like together, hiding with each other lol... Please advise.Thank you!

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My desktop icons move to a grid on the left for no reason

Hello,

If your icons are aligned to a grid, this means that the settings of your desktop are currently auto arranged and automatically aligned. Since you want to rearrange your desktop icons on however you like them, we suggest that you follow these steps:

• Right-click at a blank area on your desktop.
• Hover on View.
• In the right pane, look for Auto arrange icons. If it's checked, make sure to uncheck it.
• Hover again on View.
• This time, look for Align icons to grid. If it's checked, make sure to uncheck it.

After doing these steps, you'll be able to rearrange all your desktop icons again on how you want it.

Let us know how it goes and if you need further assistance, feel free to post back.

 

Desktop icons auto right alignment

Hi Niel,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are trying to align the desktop icons to right so that the background focus doesn't block. We will help you.

There is no option to automatically align the icons to right. But I suggest you to select all the icons by holding shift + clicking on the icons, drag the icons to right and release them so that it sits at right.

Hope it helps. Keep us posted to help you better.

 

Desktop icons,

Hi Joanne,

You can move your icons anywhere on the desktop by making some changes in the icon settings. To do this, follow the steps below:

• Right-click on your desktop.
• Select View.
• Uncheck Auto arrange icons & Align icons to grid.
• Check if you'll be able to move your icons where you want them to be.

Keep us posted if you need more help or if you have further questions.