Windows 10: Yet again Microsoft have changed my Desktop Icons to a different order.

Discus and support Yet again Microsoft have changed my Desktop Icons to a different order. in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; `This seems to happen after upgrades. It creates massive work to put back. Why has this known error not been fixed. The word "useless" is appropriate... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Barry H White, Feb 11, 2019.

  1. Yet again Microsoft have changed my Desktop Icons to a different order.


    `This seems to happen after upgrades. It creates massive work to put back. Why has this known error not been fixed. The word "useless" is appropriate for Microsoft.

    :)
     
    Barry H White, Feb 11, 2019
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  2. Cant change order of items in Jumplists?

    Hard to grasp what you are talking about. No matter how much I press Desktop icon, it still stays at the bottom in the Jump List, no matter what. Can you describe step by step. In your screenshot it is Desktop. It is different from what I talking about:
    Pinned folders order in the Jump list for File Explorer that is pinned to my Task bar.
     
    VladimirTimakov1, Feb 11, 2019
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  3. MCK
    mck Win User
    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?
     
  4. Yet again Microsoft have changed my Desktop Icons to a different order.

    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, Feb 11, 2019
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