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

I still have the website and registry entry for Windows 7 and apparently the website says it works on Windows 10 also. Maybe you have already tried this but I will try it anyways and get back to you. I also have the script.

As you can see in this tutorial, that registry setting is of little use since Windows 10 1703. As of that update, you can still make the registry change to allow free placement of icons within folders, but the functionality that remembers those positions is gone.

Thanks so much for trying. However you can't just minimize every folder on the computer. We need a permanent, like it always had! way to retain file arrangements the way you want them, not pre-forced the way MS does. If you have any new scripts or things to try, please post.

Yes exactly. I was forced by MS to update awhile back and it disabled/removed the function to disable Auto Arrange (right click mouse). I have no clue why they would do such a stupid thing. But nothing is remembered if you try to move files in any folder where you put them. I constantly lose files when place them where I want them. It is so utterly frustrating that I've been using a Mac OS computer more and more as they allow you to keep files where you want them. Why in the world would any computer NOT let you do this?

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.

Thanks.