MS Office desktop icons move after I modify and save them.

Anonymous
2010-02-25T23:36:10+00:00

My MS word and excel documents that I have on the upper right hand area of my desktop move after I modify and save them.  If I open them and don't save them nothing happens, but if I modify and save them, they move to the far left aligned with other icons.  They do not appear to be temp or hidden files.  They just move to the far left arranged with other icons.  I want to modify and save them and the files to stay in the upper right hand area...  Help???

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Anonymous
2010-02-26T17:12:02+00:00

Turn off the “Auto Arrange” option for icons on the desktop, and then place icons on the desktop where you want them.

To turnoff the “Auto Arrange” feature,

For windows 7:

Right click a blank area on the desktop and select View and uncheck Auto arrange icons.

For Windows XP:

Right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then click Arrange Icons. Click the command that indicates how you want to arrange the icons (by Name, by Type, and so on), uncheck Auto Arrange.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-08T18:59:11+00:00

    It seems apparently true that if you make them all shortcuts, they won't move.  Is that considered the ONLY solution?  Really?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-08T18:56:34+00:00

    I have the same Windows 7 problem.  I am MCSE and I know how to work on PCs.  None of the above things have worked and I have not seen any recent posts.  ANYONE have a clue as to how to fix this? My guess is that it will require editing the registry, which I have no problem doing, but........I would think and hope there is an easy fix for this.  Microsoft?????

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-07T01:21:54+00:00

    This worked for me!  Thanks!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-02T03:09:48+00:00

    Chiming in with the same issue..... very annoying!

    Just got  my first computer with Windows 7. What a bummer!

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