Great stuff. I am guessing you have two monitors on all the time? I only use my external 4k monitor. My laptop lid always stays shut. I wonder if your fix works with just one monitor on.
How do I stop renamed files from moving to upper left corner
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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.
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Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2023-06-07T11:26:26+00:00 Maybe it's to do with the total desktop width? 2x1920 width ~= 4K width...
That sounds like a likely possiblity. Does the issue go away when only one monitor is connected?
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Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2023-06-05T12:59:56+00:00 I have the same problem but i don't have any external monitor. I'm using a laptop and it's screen res isn't 4k. Windows just keeps getting worse with new versions..
Have you also verified that it's not caused by OneDrive syncing the Desktop?
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Anonymous
2023-05-31T14:16:50+00:00 A work-around (and not a very good one) is to rename in an Explorer window, which can be opened with ctrl-n.
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Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2023-05-23T01:18:31+00:00 This does not work
Yeah, that's well established.
The real issue appears to be with 4K (or higher) monitors. I'm not sure if it's all or just some monitors that are affected. My guess is that it's not all and it has to do with the drivers, so a display driver update may help.