No, it is a matter of Microsoft knows best and we do not care what is better for users, and Microsoft techs just like changing things about to justify their existence. It worked fine with Windows XP.
It really does make things difficult for me.
Please bring back the ability to freely arrange icons within folders "DISABLE AUTO ARRANGE"!
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I just want to "disable" confounding Auto Arrange files within folders in Windows 10. I can't understand that when you leave file/folder icons in the position and order that you want and then Windows decides to mix them up. I'm continually wasting time trying to find lost data. It's ridiculous. Does anyone know or can create something that just allows you to arrange or sort files within folders, and Leave them alone, without the OS messing them up?
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2022-10-21T12:29:42+00:00 I can tell that before updating to 22H2, my Windows was fully updated, and I downloaded the installer and updated manually to 22H2, yesterday.
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Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2022-10-21T12:15:51+00:00 As already mentioned, the feature stopped working as of Windows 10 1703. That is, you can still enable those menu items to freely arrange, but it will not save the positions. The change was not recent. Windows 10 1703 came out in 2017. You must have been running an old version of Windows before you updated to 22H2.
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Anonymous
2022-10-21T09:59:16+00:00 In the meantime, I tried this hack, but it also doesn't work after update 22H2. :-(
https://technastic.com/disable-auto-refresh-auto-arrange-windows-explorer/
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Anonymous
2022-08-13T23:54:32+00:00 Try to re-register Feedback Hub from Option 2 here: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3175-apps-re...
Meantime, from File Explorer View tab you can set your files to Sort by your preference like Alphabetical order so they are easier to find.