Windows 10: Solution: Desktop icon positions not being saved in Windows 10

I had this problems and tried many of the solutions posted here and elsewhere.

NONE worked.


What surprising did work for me was

1. Moving icons that linked to usb not always unavailable drive content a single folder on the desktop say New Folder

2. Moving an icon on one of each of my screens.

3. Refreshing the desktop screens
4. Stopping and restarting Explorer
5. Restarting windows

Now it works as it should. I have moved the icons including to the USB drive content back on my desktop


Good luck.

I using a Win 10 Pro 10.0.19042 Build 19042 on a Dell Latitude 7250 i7 docked to two external additional monitors.

Mod: I wanted to contribute a solution that worked for me, but the thread was locked. Feel free to move this post.

:)

 

Windows 10 desktop icons not in order

In ccleaner, did you uncheck cleaning the icon cache... have not used in a while; however, I think that is what the option is called.

Now, if you are setting the icons and they move after you have set the settings and not changed them... you may have the "Random Windows 10 Icon movement problem".
Some people have this and some don't.

Here is a thread on the problem at Windows10 forums: Windows 10: Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving

 

Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving


Lio,

I tried to download the Step recording, but no matter how long I waited (minutes, not seconds) or what I pressed it never downloaded or it just tried to download other things (junk things!)...
if you could, please attach the output directly in a post on this thread.

Thanks for taking this up with ESET, I read your thread over there and it looks as though they need an image from a systme witht eh symptoms since they could not reproduce the problem.

I took a quick look though this thread and was going to suggest resetting the folders, but Mr. Brink already suggested it here:
Windows 10: Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving - Page 9 - Windows 10 Forums

There's been some discussion about malware (real or false postives).
Some malware and the remediation of it requires system files to be repaired. Follow these two tutorials to check and repair system file corruption.

SFC Command - Run in Windows 10
and
DISM - Repair Windows 10 Image
5. To Use DISM /RestoreHealth Command

Please post if any files were repaired - I might want to see the CBS log if anything needed fixing

 

Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving

Have you posted your problem HERE in the ESET thread for this situation?