Right-click desktop, click View, and uncheck Auto arrange icons.
Ramesh Srinivasan | The Winhelponline Blog
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
2013-06-05T11:52:50+00:00 hitting the escape button did the trick and solved it :)
thx man
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Anonymous
2013-05-30T14:03:53+00:00 This did not work until I hit ESC a few times...then could move Icons if Auto was on or or not. Thank you
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Anonymous
2013-04-12T08:39:16+00:00 Woah, it worked!
...how did you find this?
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Anonymous
2013-01-31T16:26:04+00:00 Un-checking the Auto Arrange Icons doesn't seem to fix this issue. Hitting ESC a few times is a good work-a-round. Still searching for a permanent fix for this issue.