Windows 10: Why won't my desktop icons stay in place

Discus and support Why won't my desktop icons stay in place in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; It happen some time ago where my desktop icons will never stay where I want them. I tried everything with the themes and appdata and using the auto... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Bryce Lambert, Jan 30, 2023.

  1. Why won't my desktop icons stay in place


    It happen some time ago where my desktop icons will never stay where I want them. I tried everything with the themes and appdata and using the auto arrange. Honestly it's just pissing me off now, is there anyway to fix this?

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    Bryce Lambert, Jan 30, 2023
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  2. Locking/pinning Windows 10 desktop icons in place

    I do the check in the view under Show Desktop Icons and the icon won"t stay put. It disappears when I close the lid for a day. there is no place where it says Lock the icons.
     
    MichaelClark1, Jan 30, 2023
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  3. Windows 10 - Icons WILL NOT stay in place on the desktop

    I am having this same icon rearranging situation on my Victus 16 running W10. I use a 32" HD monitor as my main and the laptop monitor as the secondary. Auto arrange and align to grid are always off on my machine.

    After trying all the steps listed here and from other sources to no avail, I decided to test the problem with my 32" monitor unplugged from the HDMI port. The rearranging situation was gone. I could put the icons anywhere I wanted and they would stay. No toggling this or that switch first, and toggling it off when finished. No problems whatsoever. It was working normally.

    Then I plugged the 32" back in and set the multiple display setting to "duplicate these displays". No problem at all. But when I switched the display setting back to "extend" the problem returned immediately. The icons all went back to where they had been before I unplugged the 32" monitor and started my test.

    I did finally figure out how to alleviate the problem, and it might not be something the super-users will be comfortable doing, but for me it works fine.

    Right click desktop - display settings - scroll to bottom of page, click "advanced display settings" and I changed the refresh rate of the built in laptop monitor from 144.005Hz to 60.031Hz. I left the 32" monitor refresh rate unchanged at 60.000.

    Problem solved........for me. Apparently having two different refresh rates on the respective monitors was causing this situation....somehow. I'm not sure if this will work for everyone, but it's worth a shot. I will go to any lengths to make the system work the way it's supposed to work, without installing any 3rd party programs/apps...or whatever we're calling them these days. This one would have been easy to just install the 3rd party, but I'm very happy to have figured it out without it.

    Hope this helps. Thanks for all the suggestions. Thanks for reading.


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    1Mythical1, Jan 30, 2023
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  4. Why won't my desktop icons stay in place

    Desktop Icons Won't Stay Put

    Hi Laurie,

    As per the issue description I understand that you are facing issues with desktop icons.

    I suggest you try the following step in order to arrange the icons.

    • Right click on the desktop.
    • Click on view
    • Check the option auto arrange icons.
    Let us know if this helps.

    Thanks.
     
    Divya Murugan, Jan 30, 2023
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