Can't move shortcut icons on my desktop to different locations on the desktop

Anonymous
2010-08-17T01:53:34+00:00

I cannot move my desktop shortcut icons around on my desktop.  Think it has something to do with the auto-allign feature - how do I fix this ?

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Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2010-08-17T04:46:39+00:00

Right-click desktop, click View, and uncheck Auto arrange icons.

Ramesh Srinivasan | The Winhelponline Blog

Microsoft MVP, Windows Desktop Experience

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-06T17:54:33+00:00

    It's not working for me and DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!  Any other ideas out there?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-07-14T23:22:04+00:00

    Hitting ESC a few times worked for me too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-07-13T04:27:16+00:00

    I had a similar issue. Try one of the 20 solutions I've found while searching for over a week. Only one solution worked for me, and that was creating a new user account.

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/cant-arrange-icons-on-my-desktop/dbfa2431-c7c9-4431-af97-04ca34a0607f

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-03T02:22:52+00:00

    It works. I wonder if anyone has thoughts about what setting causes the icons to be locked in the first place?

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