how can i lock desktop icons in windows 8

Anonymous
2013-04-20T20:30:14+00:00

Need desktop icons lock up for WINDOWS 8

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-25T18:06:15+00:00

    So once again Microsoft has shown that they don't care about their customers. We pay crazy amounts of money for the OS and cant get support on what should not be an issue to begin with. 

    More and more I am finding reasons to switch to Linux. Linux Mint and Ubuntu are almost at the point where windows will no longer be needed for work and day to day use and honestly I cant wait.

    Can someone from Microsoft at least acknowledge us and that there is a problem here? Maybe even let us know it's being worked on. Even lie to us and tell us you care...

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-17T13:52:09+00:00

    I have a problem that once I open a word document and save it, it saves the icon in  a new place on the desktop. Is there some possibility to lock the word documents on desktop that even if I change them and save them they wont move?

    Thanks

    Guilhad

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-25T20:21:50+00:00

    I have the same problem.  The desktop icons keep rearranging themselves.  Duh.  I've been using a PC or laptop with Windows for quite a while and knew how to stop the icons from rearranging themselves via right click desktop, yada yada..... in the previous Windows versions.  That process ****does not work*** on my Windows 8 laptop.  I've tried it and tried it and tried it and tried it.......   I only have one monitor.  I don't change my screen resolution.  I don't change desktop themes, although I have now unchecked the "allow themes to change desktop icons" option.  None of the previously suggested fixes has worked, except that I have not tried installing the additional software one respondent recommended  This is really, really annoying.  Arrrrghhhhh

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-05T00:19:39+00:00

    BAD ANSWER- USELESS ANSWER 

    I don't believe MS "Help People" (Ha-BAD NAME-NO HELP PEOPLE would be more appropriate) read the questions before entering boilerplate text.

    It is obvious this is a  long standing problem that just is not being dealt with.

    (I recently spent 1 1/2 hours on the phone with MS after Win 8.1 upgrade removed all non MS driver functionality (like USB ports !!). At the end of this time she admitted ".. our engineers are working on this" !)

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-02T16:17:06+00:00

    Still nothing fixes the group of icons scrolling off screen...

    Tried everything in this thread.

    Microsoft, do you want a video of what happens to understand? I HATE having to refresh the screen every time my group of desktop icons slides off the screen (normally upwards)

    I thought it was because I had a mix of 1920 x 1080 and 1920 x 1200 monitors, but it's not that.

    Greg

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