There's nothing in Windows XP that can guarantee that a given icon will
stay in one place forever. There may be third-party software that can do
this, however. A web search will let you know.

You can prevent Windows XP from aligning icons along a grid; right-click
on the desktop, select Align Icons By remove the check mark from Align
to Grid.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

fred wrote:
Is the some way to place an Icon on the desktop & have it stay at the position?
Perhaps , put Icons in groups, (games) , (web search), (photoshops), etc?
As it is, the icons display in haphazard order & never, over time, Stay put.

Thanks