Windows 10: Windows 10: Folder View Settings and Desktop Icon Positions Not Saving

Me too started to face the same issue. Icons on desktop resets to default alignment upon refreshing and folder view resets to tiles. Didn't faced such issues on previous windows versions. Spent a day to find fix but still couldn't. *Sad

Edit: Couldn't find any fixes so had to do full reset. The reset option in advanced startup. Choice'ed to wiped everything in windows drive. Took 1.5 hour and fortunately activation was preserved. Issue is no more now, means windows saves the icon settings but I'm afraid it may break again.

 

Well, it's been a week since I installed 'DesktopOk' * ... after reboot or 'wake-up' from sleep mode, my desktop and screen resolution is as it was, should be, 'remembered'. So, it seems to be working, as far as the desktop icon position goes.
As for Explorer remembering my 'folder view' settings, I don't believe it's a problem, either. Although, I do often change my settings anyway, depending on what I'm looking for in a folder. But, as far as I remember, I believe Explorer is remembering my last view settings and reopening as it was the last time I was in each folder.
I'd suggest giving this little program a try, see how it works for you ... it might alleviate your frustration *Smile Again, who knows if/when MS will get off their assets and actually 'fix' this issue

* DesktopOK 4.16
Suitable for Microsoft Windows : Servers 2000-2012 Win 98/XP/Vista and Windows-7 plus Windows-8/8.1 eg. Windows 10 x64/x86
'Save and restore the positions of icons. DesktopOK is a small but effective solution for user that have to change the screen resolution often.'
http://www.softwareok.com/?Freeware/DesktopOK

 

i have exactly the same issue.. my desktop keeps rearranging and sets itself to like default view and sorting type every time i reboot it. i am using dell inspiron 3442 laptop.. just update the os to win10.. i have read some forums that it was caused by playing some old games with lower resolution compare to your default screen resolution its forces screen to adjust to match the resolution somehow made sense because i am playing old games with lower resolution but i'm running them in windows mode so my screen resolution is preserved in the background still doesn't made sense... but i don't have this issue in win8.1.. tried clean install - of win10 - the quick option did not include drivers.. still no luck.. it doesn't made any sense because we have the option to set it up but it wont stick on the memory so it's like we can't do it, it doesn't made any sense why we need to use third party application when that option is available.. it's a bug and microsoft should address this issue...

 

And that is the point. Microsoft isn't, or doesn't seem to be, addressing the issue, which is why we need to use a 3rd party program until they do ... which, as usual, seems to take far too long. I'm not pushing this little program, but ... it's free and, as far as I can tell, safe, so ... until MS gets its 'stuff' together and fixes it, all I can do is recommend trying it and see if it helps alleviate your frustration ... a temporary 'resolution' to your resolution *Tongue

 

i tried rebuilding the iconcache.db using this guide over here. but still no luck... yeah i'm done using this DesktopOK application, didn't work for me.. i saved and restore but it will only blink the entire desktop but won't do anything.. it's like telling me "this is your permanent desktop arrangement and you can't do anything about it!".. the last thing i would do i think is to do another clean install of windows 10 and will include the drivers.. it might have something to do the display adapter drivers i'm not sure i'll give it a try... what a pain in the ass..

 

I wish we had a way of kicking MS's Support group into gear, but ... as my mom used to say, 'Wish in one hand, p*ss in the other ... see which one fills up first.' *chuckle They're too busy focusing on collecting our personal and telemetry data, I think *sarc To expect them to do anything that actually helps its users with their problems ... not on their agenda, I'm afraid. *really

 

Well, MS Support Engineers have no idea about what they provide solutions. For example, check this link. Solution provided by support engineer is for previous versions of windows and that doesn't even exists in Windows 10. Question asked by user clearly states he couldn't find such option in Windows 10 but the support engineer failed to understand or something else. No further replies either. It means we are more expert then MS support groups. I think they are learning from us, so they are collecting our personal and telemetry data so they can provide solutions. *Biggrin

Its not just one example but community is full of misguided and irrelevant answers. Otherwise sfc /scannow is best answer they can provide, no matter what the is question. *Biggrin

 

Hi, same there but on two my computers once. First running Windows 10 home, secon W10pro - icons ****ed up, folder wiev ****ed up and help nowhere. Thank you so much Windows 10!

 

Hi guyz, just to let you know.. I did a refresh on my PC... *cry and I'm back from the start... but the "folder settings" are back to normal.. *Think

like normal-normal, it doesn't reset to "list" or "details" view anymore..

and no i did not refresh it because i couldn't handle the folder view bug, but Adobe After Effects is not working on my Windows 10 so i had to do it.. mehhh.,. i really regret upgrading to Windows 10 knowing it's not stable yet.... *Sleepy

 

Also having this issue with my icons, as well as with my folder options. DesktopOK never worked for me, nor did any registry edits or cache cleaning or anything. I've been just dealing with the problems I guess until a fix will eventually come around. It's annoying, but downgrading to an earlier version of Windows, or even starting a fresh install of Windows 10 just isn't an option for me

 

well screw everything i've said above *Mad
not only is the folder-problem back... Windows Updates don't work properly too.. *Sleepy
and my camera driver isn't working..
everything sucks with Windows 10... (for now)

wish MS can make a fix already..

 

i decided to reset windows 10.. wipe all including drivers... it's worth it.. it worked for me.. icons stays small and sort the way i want it every reboot... but until now i am still installing all my apps... what a pain in the ass...

 

Unfortunately I did same thing, also deleted whole my HDD partitions and make one new and after one day everything went back to broken icons and folders. But I have feeling that maybe that problem is doing some of the early updates what W10 installs sadly some of them cannot be uninstalled.

 

Hi all, I wanted to add that I also had the problem that most are facing. I did a system restore to find that both my folder settings and also desktop icons were restored back to how they were. The only two changes were that I had installed Samsung's Smart Switch program. Unlikely to be the cause, however a singular Windows 10 update was removed. I have since run through Windows updates again and so far it's been okay.

I've attached an image of the updates that were installed today for myself, luckily only a few. However I'd suggest trying a system restore first, or try to remove one of the following updates to see if it helps in anyway. I'll report back if anything changes.

 

- that's actually a good idea.. but if I do that.. i'll lose the update on my NVIDIA driver that came with the buggy Windows Update... *cry thanks though... as much as i want to do a system restore, i can't
cuz I'm still using my PC for work..
I'll just bear with the crappy folder settings for awhile..