Icons of Windows 7 move, pinned programs are not pinned

About 2 weeks ago I started noticing that one of my icons in the top right of my screen began to move out of place on the next line. It was strange, but intermittent and relatively easy to put back in place. I don't think really much. Since then, the problem has worsened exponentially.

I have my icons arranged in three columns on my desk to sort between the programs and files for my company, photos and programs on a daily basis, and then the handful of games I have on this machine. Now, every time I start windows, or shut down a program, icons are scattered (literally scattered) around the screen. They all seem to go to the same place every time, but it's not as if it is locked to grid or something like that: they have all moved to weird stains on the screen with random amounts of space between them.

I unchecked and disabled all the theme or the definition who that would alter. I saved my layout a dozen times, but Windows will not be reset only when I restore it, rather to paste everything in the upper left, very similar to Windows 2000 used (which makes me wonder if the feature 'save default layout' still works). I did a post here that led me to two parts of 3rd party software, nor around who did not something beyond trying to install bloatware on my system.

Today, the real kicker appeared that all my pinned programs have been released. Now, when I have something to pin to the taskbar (or), he went after a reboot. I scanned with the tool of Microsoft Malware, Malwarebytes, SuperAnti-Spyware and Avast, which none can find nothing.

This would coincide with an update of windows, and I hear people talking about this as a problem intermittent, but not as severe as mine. I'd appreciate any help on this one. Thanks in advance!

Hi Maklarr,

Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I can understand the inconvenience you encounter and would certainly help you in the right direction to solve the problem. However, I would like you to answer the following questions in order to limit the question and provide you with better assistance.

  1. You did it of any significant changes to the system before this problem?
  2. Did you put your desktop in order to 'Icons snap to grid' before this problem?

To diagnose the problem, I suggest you to set the icons to arrange in a grid and check if the number is reproduced. If the problem persists, check for any service of third-party software that might be the cause of the problem. See the following to:

Method 1:

(a) right click in the empty space on the desktop.

(b) select display.

(c) click on the icons to align it on the grid.

(d) restart the system and check with the question.

If the problem persists, clean booting the system as shown below.

Method 2:

Put your system to the clean boot state helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem. You must follow the steps in the article mentioned below to perform a clean boot.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows

Note: See "how to reset the computer to start normally after a boot minimum troubleshooting" to prepare the computer to start as usual after a repair.

Hope this information is useful. Let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

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