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
    2016-06-26T19:29:23+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 ?

    If right mouse view- uncheck auto arrange doesn't work go to this website:

    http://windowsreport.com/disable-auto-arrange-folders-windows-10/

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-26T17:25:43+00:00

    I found the problem on my laptop - I was using an obsolete version of Fences.  As soon as I updated everything worked fine.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-26T17:16:24+00:00

    NO IT DOES NOT WORK AND MICROSOFT COULD CARE LESS.  WINDOWS 10 IS POSSESSED.  IT DOES WHAT IT WANTS.  TRY TO MOVE AN ICON, NO. TRY TO CHANGE A SETTING, OKAY UNTIL YOU REBOOT OR SHUT DOWN - THEN WHAM IT GOES BACK TO DEFAULT.  I CANNOT FIND ANYONE THAT CAN OFFER A SOLUTION TO MY WINDOWS 10 ISSUES [MANY].  OH THE BEST ONE - A PIECE OF SOFTWARE CERTIFIED FOR WINDOWS 10, I HAD TO SET IT FOR WINDOWS 7 FOR IT TO WORK, AND THAT ONLY WORKS UNTIL I SHUT MY LAPTOP DOWN.  CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW WE CAN GET MICROSOFT TO FIX THESE ISSUES OR EVEN RESPOND?  IT'S WORSE THAN DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-26T13:24:02+00:00

    Sorry, don't work.

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