I certainly know how to rename it, but it won't change anything I wrote above.
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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2025-06-29T00:56:04+00:00 BRING IT BACK
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2025-06-29T02:14:03+00:00 I get pissed off every single time I use my Windows computer. I now use a Mac for my primary device. It actually leaves files exactly where you put them. Imagine that! The Microsoft programmers are morons.