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
    2015-04-28T19:40:45+00:00

    I disconect and reconect the mouse and works for me .

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-25T04:09:42+00:00

    The esc key solution is bogus.  Can't move icons around in Explorer no matter what I change.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-12T11:47:17+00:00

    bunch of gullible people here....hitting ESC 3 x does not work

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-09T20:09:42+00:00

    Yup once I disabled Fences I could now move desktop icons. I also am too cheap to pay for 2.0 but I love the program. Thanks for the tip.

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