Windows 10: Some of my desktop icons change location upon restart

Ok, so I just updated my version of Windows 10 to 20h2 a few days ago. Since then however, I have had an odd issue. The icon for "This PC" keeps moving to a different location upon start up. This is the only icon that moves, and I never had this issue before the update.

I've found several things online that say to do things like change the icon size, don't allow themes to change icons, etc. None of them work. I'm at my wits ends pretty much. I know it's not a big issue, but it's really annoying, and I want it to stop.

For what it's worth, I normally have my "This PC" icon in the top left corner. I've tried putting other icons there, in case it's the spot that won't accept them, yet they stay. The only icon that moves under any circumstance is the "This PC" icon.

If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful.

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Cannot change desktop icon

Sometimes a desktop icon changes from what it was to a plain white folder. Might be something I did but not sure what.

To change it to the icon I want, I go:

1. Rt-click icon > Properties > Change icon
2. I select the icon I want from the thumbnails of icons.
3. Click OK
4. Click Apply

But the icon does not change. It just stays looking like a white folder.
HOWEVER, if I pin the icon to the taskbar, the icon on the taskbar does look like the icon I selected in step-2. So the change is registered with Win10 but the icon on the desktop just doesn't change.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

Program that saves the location of Desktop icons?

Are there any programs that will save the locations of my desktop icons? every time I play a game or my computer goes to sleep they get all f*&^ed up and its pissing me off.

Thanks in advance.

 

Program that saves the location of Desktop icons?

It would kind of make-sense if in a game you used a lower resolution than your desktop.
However, the sad news is that I have no idea how to fix it, whether there is a program that saves all your icon locations or why this is happening when your computer goes to sleep.