How do I stop renamed files from moving to upper left corner

Anonymous
2023-01-19T00:04:59+00:00

A few months ago I switched to a new laptop, then immediately downloaded windows upgrade on it, so I don't know which factor causes this. But ever since, every time I rename a file on the desktop, windows immediately moves the file to the upper left corner of the screen, or the nearest open space to this point. This is confusing when I'm trying to keep track of and arrange my desktop files in some other way, and I have to keep moving the file back to where I want it.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-16T09:15:06+00:00

    Fantastic. This actually works. I don't know how you came across this fix, but thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-15T23:23:23+00:00

    Have you found a fix? I have the same problem :(

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-20T19:27:26+00:00

    I have the same problem. The problem does not occur when I am using my laptop's screen. It only happens on an external monitor connected to the laptop. Is this a clue?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-20T03:29:01+00:00

    I have a onedrive folder, but syncing is already turned off. I suppose I could uninstall it, but since at least one person on the first link says changing onedrive didn't solve this problem, I have doubts that this is behind the issue I'm having without more explanation.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-20T02:33:29+00:00

    January 2023, 1 Desktop icons are lined up in order after renaming - Microsoft Community

    explorer is too busy to receive the "rename" notification.

    explorer recognizes "delete" and "create" instead of "rename"

    ”create" shows the icon at the vacant position or sometimes upper left corner.

    what makes explorer busy?

    1. uninstall ondrive, dropbox, icloud, google drive, 3rd party security soft
    2. use shellexview to disable shell extensions

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