Disable/turn off the auto arrange files and folders?

does anyone know how to disable auto arrange? I love being organsised and organize my files in the folders for my taste. I could do it with vista and other windows before Windows 7. can anyone help? is microsoft aware of this problem and they do anything?

1 right-click anywhere on your desktop and choose View > Auto Arrange icons

2 make sure that it is there no check mark next to Auto Arrange icons

This works only on the desktop, but not in the display of records, Freak05. The menu option that you're referring to can be reported in the views folder, but only with a registry hack that I noticed earlier. It is more accurately described in the articleHow to disable the automatic reorganization in folders in Windows 7?
Ramesh Srinivasan . The Winhelponline Blog
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