how can i lock desktop icons in windows 8

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Need desktop icons lock up for WINDOWS 8

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Anonymous

2014-06-15T10:52:56+00:00

dear Greg

i fot in the Advanced Settings but there was no tab "on screen disply". only the other 4 tabs
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Anonymous

2014-06-12T14:34:05+00:00

How far did you get?

Did you find the Advanced Settings on the Screen Resolution page?

Please indicate the step where you failed.

Greg

p.s. auto arrange will not prevent the icons from scrolling off the page, it just aligns them to a grid... this "auto scroll" function must be for situations where there are more icons than will fit on the screen.
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Anonymous

2014-06-12T10:59:07+00:00

Hi

Thank you but this doesnt help!!!

I couldent fild the "on screen display" tab in my windows 8

Do you have a new idea?
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Anonymous

2014-05-30T14:14:23+00:00

Auto-arrange was not checked on my Windows8 laptop. I unchecked "align icons to grid" and rebooted. That solved the issue. We shall see what happens tomorrow when I boot up.
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Anonymous

2014-05-25T19:20:01+00:00
Well, turns out this problem is solved on ANOTHER microsoft support thread... so microsoft support people aren't even good at searching their OWN site! Anyway, there is another setting that allows the icons to scroll..
1. control panel
2. display
3. screen resolution
4. find the advanced settings link lower right
5. click the "on screen display" tab
6. uncheck the "Enable Auto Scroll" box
Done... thanks for nothing microsoft... Greg

p.s. why in the **** is this defaulted to on?
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