Hi there,have you tried this?Right click an empty space on your desktop,highlight desktop icons,place a check on 'lock icons in place' and uncheck'auto arrange,?
How can I lock desktop icons?
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I am unable to LOCK the icon items on my desktop. I have clicked right on the desktop and via properties checked lock items, yet they are easily moved and NOT locked. I've tried locking them thru 'Appearances and Themes', yet they will NOT lock. How can I get them to stop moving around and stay put by locking. Any help would be graciously appreciated. And, no I am not changing my resolution which I know moves them.
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Anonymous
2017-11-23T23:03:39+00:00 This was driving me mad but I think I figured it out:
Right-click your desktop, click on 'Personalise'
> Themes
> Desktop Icons Settings
> de-select 'Allow themes to change desktop icons'
> shift your icons around and restart your computer, they should be in the same place you left them.
I know very little about Windows but I played around with it and this worked for me, I restarted four times and the icons stayed put. I'm on Windows 10 and my desktop settings are:
'Auto-arrange icons' - off
'Align icons to grid' - on
Let me know if it works for you, then I can call this post my good deed for the day ;)
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Anonymous
2017-09-23T03:36:09+00:00 This appears to work. However, based upon past experience, I'll reserve final judgement until after the next MS update. Previous suggestions appeared to work during normal restarts, but an update seemed to shuffle the deck. Definitely "Maybe."
Well I am sorry to say this fix did not work :( Unfortunately it looks like we need to use third party software as Microsoft doesn't care about this issue.
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Anonymous
2017-09-22T09:31:39+00:00 Magic! But so well hidden!
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Anonymous
2017-09-21T06:28:03+00:00 Thanks; yes. That was the first thing i tried before dicovering that option was no longer aavaiable on windows 10 :(