Please bring back the ability to freely arrange icons within folders "DISABLE AUTO ARRANGE"!

Anonymous
2022-08-13T02:39:26+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-16T23:57:20+00:00

    has this issue not been fixed yet?!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T14:43:36+00:00

    Please visit Alfred's Feedback link and comment or at least add an upvote https://aka.ms/AAlcj22  there are only 6 upvotes so far. Microsoft are not going to take any notice of that.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T14:32:43+00:00

    Hi, alphabetical or numerical or by date.

    For alphabetical or numerical you can insert a 1. a. at the beginning of the file. for date you need to use this format as of today:

    2023-12-04. Using the date you can insert further files and keep them in order. Using 1. a. can be difficult to add more files in the middle of the list.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T09:00:05+00:00

    Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T07:08:20+00:00

    Well according to the one of the Microsoft posts, the reason you can't do it is because of the update in Windows 10 number 1703 called the Creators Update version 1703. What you can do if you want is uninstall that update by rolling back your Windows to a previous version of Windows 10 without that update and here is a link that someone else asked as they wanted to remove the Creators Update also:

    Here is the link to the Question:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/uninstall-windows-creator-update-version-1703/1b52e2b4-bd91-44bd-aa26-9aac7b10db20

    Here is the link on how to do it:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-recover-restore-your-previous-version-of/94368560-9c64-4387-92b9-82a9234216ad

    If I find another registry entry or patch I will post it.

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