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
    2024-12-19T11:50:10+00:00

    I think, windows 11 has problem with 4k resolution. And i say, before the problem will be fixed, windows 12 will coming :D

    windows 12, windows 13, windows 14, etc...

    soon, windows 95 will be up again :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-22T19:00:30+00:00

    Bad advice! And it still does not fix the problem.

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  3. Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-04T13:38:41+00:00

    Please write here, if someone found a fix for the problem.

    I'm not having the issue, but I've been keeping an eye out for a solution. I haven't seen anything other than the OneDrive issue. There are similar unresolved threads here, here, here and here. I did ask the person at the elevenforum thread to test with a different account to determine if the issue is system-wide or specific to their user profile, but did not get a response.

    That's something I encourage you to try. Please create a new local user (make it an administrator) and test the same thing with that account. If it works fine for the new user, that will help narrow down the potential causes and solutions.

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  4. Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-01-20T03:45:37+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.

    Weird. OneDrive is the only thing that keeps popping up as the cause:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/lowpvq/why_does_windows_10_move_desktop_objects_to_the/

    Some suggest unchecking "Allow themes to change desktop icons", but I would expect that has to do with changing how icons look as opposed to their position. But it couldn't hurt to try. Reference here:

    https://www.technewstoday.com/desktop-icons-keep-moving/

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-20T01:02:47+00:00

    May I ask, does it move while you are renaming it or right after you have renamed it?

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