Stupid Windows 10 HELP!

I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop. I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works. Any ideas?

On 2020-08-11 9:52 a.m., Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.Â* I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works.Â* Any ideas?


DesktopOK seems to work for most people.

https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

Rene

On 8/11/2020 7:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop. I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works. Any ideas?



There are several third-party programs that save their positions. Do a
google search, try a few, and pick the one you like best,


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Ken

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:52:33 -0400
Todesco wrote:

I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop. I've tried all
of the things by googling and nothing works. Any ideas?

Why do you keep using something you can't control?

On 8/11/2020 7:58 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2020-08-11 9:52 a.m., Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.Â* I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works.Â* Any ideas?


DesktopOK seems to work for most people.

https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK


That's the one I use too, and coincidentally I just needed to restore
with it. It was quick and easy.

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Ken

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:52:33 -0400, Todesco
wrote:

I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop. I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works. Any ideas?
I've used www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm since Win7 days, works
fine. You can save multiple desktop config if you want.

On 8/11/2020 10:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.Â* I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works.Â* Any ideas?

That has never happened on any of my Win10 computers once I set my
preferences (Win10 desktop behaves no differently than any previous
version of Windows back to 2.0). I don't use special applications, 3rd
party UIs, or other such things.

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best regards,

Neil

Neil wrote:

Todesco wrote:

I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.

That has never happened on any of my Win10 computers

It can happen on Win10 (same as any previous version) if you change
screen resolution, e.g on a laptop swapping between internal screen and
external monitor.

In article , (Neil) wrote:

*From:* Neil
*Date:* Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:08:25 -0400

On 8/11/2020 10:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.* I've tried
all of the things by googling and nothing works.* Any ideas?

That has never happened on any of my Win10 computers once I set my
preferences (Win10 desktop behaves no differently than any previous
version of Windows back to 2.0). I don't use special applications,
3rd party UIs, or other such things.

I used to get that with previous versions of Windows but W10 seems to be far
better in that respect. In fact I don't think I've had to touch them in the past
year and I usually have at least 40 permanent icons on the desktop plus a few
temporary URL links here.

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Regards
John ) Remove the obvious to reply...

Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.* I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works.* Any ideas?

Many people like DesktopOK:

https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK

(freeware), but I use and prefer the older program, Iconoid (also freeware):

https://sillysot.com/

which still works flawlessly in Windows 10 on my laptop.

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John C.

On 8/11/2020 3:36 PM, John K.Eason wrote:
In article , (Neil) wrote:

*From:* Neil
*Date:* Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:08:25 -0400

On 8/11/2020 10:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.� I've tried
all of the things by googling and nothing works.� Any ideas?

That has never happened on any of my Win10 computers once I set my
preferences (Win10 desktop behaves no differently than any previous
version of Windows back to 2.0). I don't use special applications,
3rd party UIs, or other such things.

I used to get that with previous versions of Windows but W10 seems to be far
better in that respect. In fact I don't think I've had to touch them in the past
year and I usually have at least 40 permanent icons on the desktop plus a few
temporary URL links here.


I don't know why some of us have that problem and others don't, but I'm
one of those who do. It happened to me just yesterday.

But it's a very minor problem, sine it's so easily fixed.



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Ken

On 8/12/2020 10:48 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 8/11/2020 3:36 PM, John K.Eason wrote:
In article , (Neil)
wrote:

*From:* Neil
*Date:* Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:08:25 -0400

On 8/11/2020 10:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.� I've tried
all of the things by googling and nothing works.� Any ideas?

That has never happened on any of my Win10 computers once I set my
preferences (Win10 desktop behaves no differently than any previous
version of Windows back to 2.0). I don't use special applications,
3rd party UIs, or other such things.

I used to get that with previous versions of Windows but W10 seems to
be far
better in that respect. In fact I don't think I've had to touch them
in the past
year and I usually have at least 40 permanent icons on the desktop
plus a few
temporary URL links here.


I don't know why some of us have that problem and others don't, but I'm
one of those who do. It happened to me just yesterday.

But it's a very minor problem, sine it's so easily fixed.

My WAG is that it comes down to a hardware or 3rd party UI quirk, or the
screen preference settings are wrong.

One person pointed out that if the screen resolution is changed the
icons get screwed up, but that should be expected since that behavior
has been the same with every version of Windows.

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best regards,

Neil

On 8/12/2020 9:04 AM, Neil wrote:
On 8/12/2020 10:48 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 8/11/2020 3:36 PM, John K.Eason wrote:
In article , (Neil)
wrote:

*From:* Neil
*Date:* Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:08:25 -0400

On 8/11/2020 10:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.� I've tried
all of the things by googling and nothing works.� Any ideas?

That has never happened on any of my Win10 computers once I set my
preferences (Win10 desktop behaves no differently than any previous
version of Windows back to 2.0). I don't use special applications,
3rd party UIs, or other such things.

I used to get that with previous versions of Windows but W10 seems to
be far
better in that respect. In fact I don't think I've had to touch them
in the past
year and I usually have at least 40 permanent icons on the desktop
plus a few
temporary URL links here.


I don't know why some of us have that problem and others don't, but I'm
one of those who do. It happened to me just yesterday.

But it's a very minor problem, sine it's so easily fixed.

My WAG is that it comes down to a hardware or 3rd party UI quirk, or the
screen preference settings are wrong.


I don't think so, at least not in my case.


One person pointed out that if the screen resolution is changed the
icons get screwed up, but that should be expected since that behavior
has been the same with every version of Windows.


Yes, but that's not my situation. I never change my resolution.


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Ken

In article ,

Ken Blake says...

I never change my resolution.


Do you ever boot to safe mode?

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Ken

Ken Blake wrote:

I never change my resolution.

Plug in a second monitor or TV?