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

Thanks! It will take me awhile to test all these but I'll let you know the results when I'm done.

I'm glad to help. Keep me posted on your progress as I will be here to help until the case is resolved.

Okay. Spent entire morning trying everyone of these links. None of them work for this. Maybe they are older. They do not work on the current Windows 10 build 19044.1826 which I have and Microsoft forces you to update to.

  I even looked at all the alternatives to File Explorer, and none of those allow icon view sorting without forced arranging files. Want to keep built in File Explorer anyway to prevent other conflicts.

Please keep looking and investigating for the solution to manually arrange files/folders within the File Explorer system. I'm still in disbelief that a MS PC in year 2022 won't let you leave files in their place. With your links I've found that many many others have this issue and are angry at MS.  We can help them all if we find the answer.  Keep trying, I will not give up either.   Thanks again so much,  until the next test... 

P.S. Just to perhaps help your search, and to be clear, we are NOT talking about the Windows "desktop" (as the youtube link video you added pertains to). Windows has always allowed you to place folders anywhere on the desktop. What they broke badly was preventing that in Any other folder or file on your computer. File Explorer needs the right click View/auto arrange and align to grid "toggle" options as they HAD before to make it work again. Please see screenshot I attached that shows what USED to be on Windows 10! Then try your computer and see that it completely gone and not there or exist anymore. This is exactly the issue.

They've taken away that option except for Desktop. We've tried everything possible to put it back. When Shawn Brink says one of his active tutorials doesn't work any longer then it's confirmed. But you can also ask him because he may have suggestions and will be more expert than anyone on any subject he choose to write about.

If you want to express your opinion on this you may be able to help Microsoft improve this product/feature by using the Feedback Hub in Start Menu. While they will not see it here, Microsoft developers DO read feedback from customers that comes in via the Feedback Hub, so that is a great way to share your thoughts on how to better serve you as a customer.

Let me know if I can help further. I'll stay subscribed to this thread in case you need anything else, until the system locks it in a few months.

I just don't understand why they would possibly take away this fundamental and crucial OS behavior. It makes Windows so frustrating and not usable to me. I can't think of any reason for them to do this at all?

  I've tried the feedback Hub.  It goes somewhere into cyberspace and is lost forever, at least on my end as I never hear anything or see anything. 

  If you find an expert or a current day solution please relay that. I'm just too tired using Windows searching for my files. The issue was not on the computer I bought until Windows 10 update broke it without me being able to prevent it. It' not fair or reasonable at all. I hope to hear more from you as you are in the loop and may locate a savior to help all of us.