Right-click desktop, click View, and uncheck Auto arrange icons.
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Microsoft MVP, Windows Desktop Experience
Can't move shortcut icons on my desktop to different locations on the desktop
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Anonymous
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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Anonymous
2017-05-02T23:04:23+00:00 Right-click desktop, click View, and uncheck Auto arrange icons.
that didn't work for me as the Auto-Arrange was not showing a check mark. It has to be something else not allowing me to 'drag an drop' or move icons on the desktop in W10.
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Anonymous
2017-03-12T13:33:23+00:00 None of this works for me. The 3x esc doesn't work. I have "Show icons" and "Show icon gadgets" active. No other thins in View. Does somebody know how to fix this?
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Anonymous
2017-03-10T23:01:07+00:00 Right Click - then press Esc
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Anonymous
2017-01-22T17:07:06+00:00 thanks buddy, worked for me too.