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
    2025-03-30T13:58:00+00:00

    I certainly know how to rename it, but it won't change anything I wrote above.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-25T23:40:10+00:00

    I found this 2021 method to disable auto-arrange in folders in WIndows 10:
    https://windowsreport.com/disable-auto-arrange-...
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    Let me know if it still works. An earlier 2015 tutorial I had found when I first read your post by the best tutorial writer MVP Shawn Brink here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/14856-enabl... says that it no longer works after Creators Update.

    Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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    In other words - click and drag icon to where you want it located within the folder i.e., between other icons, etc.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-22T19:02:13+00:00

    Hi LesFerch, thanks for the clarification re Windows Vista, I think that version is better forgotten. I did not purchase it, thank goodness. Cheers.

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