can't stop auto arrange of icons

[Guest]

Even with auto arrange NOT checked, Windows insists on rearranging my
customized positioning of icons on the desktop. Is there a way to stop this
very annoying behavior?

 

[Wab]

Is align to grid checked?

Kind regards

Wab

 

[Guest]

Doesn't seem to matter whether it is checked or not. Either way, the icons
all migrate to the left of their own accord, still with auto-arrange NOT
checked.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Doesn't seem to matter whether it is checked or not. Either way, the icons
all migrate to the left of their own accord, still with auto-arrange NOT
checked.

In Control Panel - Folder Options, View, make sure that 'remember each
folder's view settings' is checked.

In Control Panel - Display - Desktop - Customise, make sure that 'Lock
desktop items' is *not* checked

 

[Guest]

As a last resort, you could try deleting the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags folders within
the registry. Within each of these keys are other keys typically numbered 0,
1, 2, etc. it is within these number keys that folder specific information is
stored. Deleting the keys restores ALL folder information back to defaults.

It's a good idea to export the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam key to an export key
before doing so, just in case you want to revert back to your previous
settings.

Folder customisations aren't brilliant - especially if you're mounting
different drives.





Dan