Windows 7 desktop icons keep rearranging themselves

Anonymous
2009-10-07T02:55:22+00:00

Every few days, all the icons on my Win7 desktop rearrange themselves. Usually they move to the left edge of the screen. I laboriously move all the icons back to where I like them, and 3-10 days later, they all shift left again. I've found no pattern or event that might cause this -- but it's very annoying!

I've got Win7 build 7100 running on a Dell Latitude D830 laptop. Totally standard hardware and very little non-Microsoft software. In short, it's a pretty clean system.

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Anonymous
2009-10-07T17:38:17+00:00

To supplement Reyas.M.I.'s answer, Under View is the option to select the icon size, Auto arrange icons and Align icons to grid.  The Sort by option includes Name, Size, Item type and Date modified.  I suggest you check both View and Sort by.

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Anonymous
2009-10-07T04:51:35+00:00

Check whether "Auto Arrange" checked. To check this, right click on desktop and select "Arrange icons by".

I hope this helps.

Thanks and Regards, Reyas...

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-18T16:18:03+00:00

    Hi MaxLindz,

    Thank you for the update on the issue.

    The issue could be due to some user profile corruption. So, try to create new user profile and see if it helps you to fix the issue.

    If you create new user account nothing will be lost, it is only the thing that it would be in the other user account which you are using right now. However creating new user account is a diagnostic step, if everything works fine in new user account we can easily move the files and programs to new user account.

    So, for now please try to create new user account as an administrator from the link provided below.

    Create a user account

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-7

    For more clarification you can refer to the following link:

    Fix a corrupted user profile

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=windows-7

    Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

    Regards,

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-07T20:38:47+00:00

    Easy does it, big guy.... he was just making a suggestion.  I'm sure he didn't expect to get attacked for trying to help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-07T14:52:51+00:00

    IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNCHECKED. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

    PLEASE DONT WASTE OUR TIME!

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