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
2015-11-30T16:18:09+00:00 my problem was solved by hitting ESC key several times because auto arrange icons was not checked.
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Anonymous
2015-12-08T18:49:49+00:00 I had the same problem.
I went to the mfg site and downloaded the latest BIOS update (same as I was running).
I reloaded it and everything works fine.
Good luck!
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Anonymous
2015-12-11T14:34:01+00:00 Was going crazy as I'd never experienced this before. Checked all over the place. Read your
post and thought "This can't work!"
Tried it and it worked great! Unbelieveable!
Took the words right out of my mouth! Cant believe the simple "esc" key worked....after all these years! lol thanks again
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Anonymous
2016-01-06T18:27:27+00:00 wow thanks it worked!!!!!!