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
    2013-11-12T22:48:30+00:00

    I had it after I upgraded Windows 8 to 8.1. Nothing was working so on a hunch I uninstalled Stardock's Fences program (v1.0 in my case as I'm too stingy to pay up for v2.x) and it cleared up immediately.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-03T19:31:51+00:00

    OMG -- It worked! Thank you!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-29T10:36:05+00:00

    Thanks for the tip. It works on my PC after I reinstalled my Window XP.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-25T04:00:48+00:00

    you probably don't need this answer anymore but i'm just leaving this for someone who might be experiencing the same thing. i had the same problem and i think i know what caused it. mouse wheel button turned out to be stuck so when i disassembled the mouse and released the button icons started moving again. so check your mouses.

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