Windows 10: Windows10 Desktop layout can't be properly saved after I restart the PC

Windows 10 21H2 19044.2130Hello!When I changed my desktop layout,then restarted my PC,I met two confusing trouble.1.The desktop layout cannot be savedIt changes the order of the icons I placed in order, and leaves a lot of empty places. In this case, I have to turn on "Auto Arrange Icons" to improve, but the automatic order is inconvenient.2. The icon of the shortcut turns white: I tried to right-click to open the location of the original file, but I found that the icon of the exe file pointed to by the shortcut could not be displayed normally. When I drag the exe from the folder, its icon ap

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Desktop icon layout

I know there are threads on how to maintain icon layout position, but I find none of them to be adequate. Why can't Microsoft just add a simple feature to save and restore desktop icon positions? Or simply just not mess them all up in the first place? And
no, unchecking the 'auto arrange' or 'Allow themes to change desktop icons' doesn't work. Just check the 'This PC' in the 'Desktop Icon Settings', apply, then remove it and your icon layout will be messed up. The User interface is one of the most important
element of any software. The reason people put icons on the desktop is for ease and quick access to their favorite applications. Microsoft just don't seem to get that. It's something that's been bugging me ever since I started using Windows.

I would have liked to pick 'Incompetence' for 'Category', but it wasn't listed...

 

My desktop is frozen on "choose your keyboard layout"

Hi Jenny,

You may be introduced with a "Choose your keyboard layout" screen due to incompatible drivers installed from the previous version of Windows prior to installing Windows 10. For us to properly isolate your case, we'd like to get answers to the following questions:

• What exactly happened before the desktop froze?
  
• Have you made any significant changes to your device prior to this happening?
• If you're using a wired keyboard/mouse, have you tried plugging them to different ports on your computer?
• What specific troubleshooting steps have you taken so far?

 

keyboard layout bug?

I have the same issue here. I have done all the steps above and after a reboot the keyboard layouts are installed by windows automatically. This 99,99% a bug and needs a solution.

There are 2 new workarounds that I justfound that I will try:

1. To fix this issue, delete the Preload registry folder and restart (or sign out) the computer:

This folder seems to be some legacy remnant that contains non-user-specified keyboard layouts to be added to the list of languages when the user signs in. While the fix itself works through restarts, there's a few things that seem to bring back this folder:

• Remote desktop to a computer with US layout
• Win 10 Anniversary update
• Logging with Microsoft account on another PC that still has this issue

Whenever the problem comes back, that registry folder needs to be deleted again.

Edit: I have created a RemovePreload.reg text file with the following content, this way this fix can easily be re-applied every time without navigating the registry:

To use this, save it in a text file and change the extension from .txt to
.reg. Then whenever it comes back, you can just double click it and restart or sign out.

2. Remove unneeded language files from Windows like KBDUS.DLL or others located at:

C:\Windows\System32