The desktop icons keep rearranging when switch users on the computer

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• My desktop icons keep stepping back to the left side down after each reboot.

  Micons office keep movong

  I am running Win XP with Vista Upgrade. All of a sudden my desktop icons keep stepping back to the left side down after each reboot

  I am running Win XP with Vista Upgrade. All of a sudden my desktop icons keep stepping back to the left side down after each reboot

  Try this tutorial. It worked for me when I had Vista 32 bit. I used to have more than 150 shortcuts on deskops, and they tended to move 'by themselves' as you said. This tutorial below worked for me.

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-Windows-Vista/

  Note: the tutorial is done for Vista 32 bit.

  Is a 64-bit installation program which I have not tried. I can't guarantee that.

• The desktop icons keep disappearing... I need a permanent solution

  Hello, I've seen other messages regarding this issue, but I have yet to find a fix for the problem. I know how to get them back by right click, select display and icons; but it takes only a few moments.

  Any suggestions?

  Thanks in advance,

  AJ

  Hello

  1 do these to erase corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

  Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Then, run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next boot, then apply OK your way out, then restart.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  2. after the above:

  Difficulty for the desktop icons set in not getting saved after restarting Windows
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/fix-desktop-icons-layout-not-saved-restart/

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  3. If necessary:

  Save and restore the desktop icon layout in Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout/

  Save and restore the desktop icon Layout in Windows Vista - free
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-Windows-Vista/

  TIP : right click on desktop - DISPLAY - uncheck AutoArrange and snap to grid when you want to restore
  icons or the restore will not work. You can re - check those as needed later and apply the Align attribute
  on the grid before the auto arrange.

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  Office catering - free
  http://www.MIDIOX.com/

  Info
  http://www.MIDIOX.com/HTML/desktop.htm

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  Lock the post Office icons and disable right click
  http://www.techmynd.com/lock-desktop-icons-position-and-disable-right-click/

  I hope this helps.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• The desktop icons are huge when we started the system

  When we started our PC this morning, all the desktop icons are huge.  Nothing unusual happened last night, how to make the icons of the return to a normal size?  There is something to be concerned about the change in the size of the screen?

  Hello

  Back when he was like you wanted, try the system restore.

  How to make a Vista system restore
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-System-Restore-how.html

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  Also right click on desktop - view - is set to medium or classic

  and other opportunities:

  Right click on desktop - customize - display settings - Set resolution.

  Right click on desktop - customize - display settings - top left adjust font size (DPI)

  CTRL + mouse wheel works ZOOM

  CTRL + and CTRL - work ZOOM in and out

  Your mouse/touchpad probably incorporates a ZOOM to it.

  Your system also has a magnifier built in which could be a problem - it can also often be programmed to work
  on mouse/keyboards.

  How to turn on the Magnifier On or Off in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/125037-Magnifier-turn-off.html

  To see if your mouse/touchpad is set to ZOOM or enlarge use Control Panel - mouse.

  Keyboard/TouchPad/mouse probably also has Hotkey controls to verify with the help of machine to online system
  documentation and their forums, where appropriate.

  I hope this helps.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• How to make the Xbox Music app to keep playing when switching away from him?

  OK, it MUST be a setting but I can't. But I open the music application, start to play music, click on the start page to start using Explorer or something and the music stops playing, or going so low you can't hear it (even if the volume is up) and when you switch to the app music stops all together. This is not the expected behavior, playing music background on a pc is pretty much needed!

  Thanks for your suggestions, I like the music app, but I need to be able to 'multitasking' when im listening to music.
  Sean

  I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to answer for those who have the same problem.

  Indeed, this problem is solved by changing a setting.

  1. go on the desktop

  2. open the acoustic Panel

  3. click on your primary input device

  4. in the settings window, go to the Advanced tab

  5. uncheck the 'allow applications to take exclusive control of this device.

  Hope this has helped you and everyone else with the same problem.

• My desktop icons keep moving by themselves on the left side of the screen.

  ICONS OF WINDOWS 7 IS ALWAYS IN MOTION

  I have a professional installation of windows 7 dual monitor and my icons that all continue to go to the 1st monitor [left].  I tried the basics, in shift on stop, setting of grind alignment/locking.  Can't find a solution?  It seems that others have similar problems.  Is there a feasible solution that anyone could have tried?  Thank you...

  Sunday, June 10, 2012, 15:07:45 + 0000, ray1066 wrote:

  I have a professional installation of windows 7 dual monitor and my icons that all continue to go to the 1st monitor [left].  I tried the basics, in shift on stop, setting of grind alignment/locking.  Can't find a solution?  It seems that others have similar problems.  Is there a feasible solution that anyone could have tried?  Thank you...

  Right click on the desktop, choose the view command and make sure that Auto Arrange icons
  is not checked.

  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

• Windows 7 desktop icons keep reorganize

  Every day, all the icons on my Win7 desktop rearrange themselves. Usually, they move to the left edge of the screen. I have laboriously move all icons again to where I like them, and 3-10 days later, they all go left again. I have found no reason or event likely to cause this - but it is very annoying!

  I have Win7 build 7100 running on a Dell Latitude D830 laptop. Standard equipment and very few non-Microsoft software. In short, it's a pretty neat system.

  To complete Reyas.M.I. to answer, under notice is to select the size of the icons Auto Arrange icons and icons to align it on the grid.  The sort by option includes the name, size, Item type, and Date modified.  I suggest that you check out views and sort by. Corrine, Microsoft MVP (consumer security). This posting is provided "AS IS" without any warranty and not an entitlement.

• In Windows XP my desktop icons keep re - organize after I place them where I want. How to prevent this? I don't want to block them in place.

  Even when I block them in position, they have always re - organize after the reboot.

  Hello

  This could be a registry key permissions problem, or a corrupted registry value (which stores the pos icons when each logoff). See: fix for the icons of the Office put in getting not saved after restarting Windows

• Customize the desktop icons

  Each time a window 7 will be (automatic or selected) when the reboot happens to all my desktop shortcuts are scrambled posted Office in which I have them organized to a randomly placed mess.

  Is there something I can do to prevent this?

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  Hello Michael,

  Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

  With the description, I understand that you have a question about the positioning of the Windows 7 computer desktop icons. I will certainly help you to the query.

  I suggest you refer to the thread of Microsoft and check below if this is useful:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-desktop/Windows-7-desktop-icons-keep-rearranging/a7e8f091-1f2b-44FC-90ba-8d873b5d872d

  Hope this information is useful. Please come back to write to us if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

• When I arrange my desktop icons in the way that I like them, how can I get to stay where I put them?

  How the icon change of investment remain.  Like a good dog.  Children stay, stay.  It's a good doggy.  Thank you, Joey

  Hello

  Welcome to the community forums of Microsoft and thanks for posting the question. I've surely you will help organize the desktop icons in the way you want.

  You can download a hotfix in the following article:

  The desktop icons are rearranged unexpectedly on a Windows Vista- go or Windows Server 2008 even if the auto arrange setting is disabled

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/961085

  Alternatively, you can search for different third-party software using your favorite search engine.

  Note: This response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there. There are the dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

  Hope this information helps. Please reply with the status so that we can help you.

• All my desktop icons are white and when I try to open it asks me to choose the program to open with

  Mr President I integerated disk magic software in other files, so all the desktop icons become this symbol (magic disc), I was shocked, and remove the software, and then all of a sudden all my desktop icons became white, when I tried to open the file screening choose program to open the with.i don't know what to do.i tried to restore my computer.some error is to stop , the recovery.so please please say all solutions without having to reinstall my os because I have so many files and I do not have any device to backup.so please say solutions

  Original title: problem on my opening program

  Hello

  You can check out the link below which will automatically fix file associations.
  When you run an .exe on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7 computer file, the file may start another program
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950505

• The desktop icons to go to the left of the screen on reboot.

  I had already read the thread "Windows 7 for moving desktop icon", but can't respond to it because it is "locked".  So here I am.

  Mine started about 4 days (after some questionable sites surf?).  All my icons have been splashed against the left side and have been small to medium size.  Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus running did not help.

  I saw all 8 pages of the thread and made note that Microsoft's Watch, but only to divert tangential Seraph to start new discussions.  Nothing to help us multiplied.

  I ended up cut and paste solutions of the thread to Word and seen ~ 12 different "solutions" that has worked for some but not for others.  I ignored any comments about 2 monitors or an external monitor on a laptop.  With all this, my conclusion is that the glitch must be multi-causal.

  I would say that if you have a lot if the icons that group them you inside new folders to avoid displacement and the removal of several dozen distinct icons like patches are tempted.  I reduced the number of icon to only 8.

  I started trying the simplest fixes first.
  1 uncheck Arrange Auto did not help
  2. right click on the desktop to refresh would push any icon I had moved to the right at the original on the left and always position at a specific position.  By pressing the F5 key did the same.
  3. While holding down the SHIFT key while rebooting did not help.
  4. I had Avast antivirus but changed to Ms Security Essentials last year.
  5 drag the icons so they align horizontally at the top of the screen did not help.
  6. I went to personalize > ChangeDesktopIcons and not AllowThemesToChangeDesktopIcons.  Did not help.
  At this point, I was looking for in Control Panel to see what graphics card, I had (Nvidia?  ATI radeon?)  When I had the revelation.
  Always to go were the following:
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-Windows-Vista/
     http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  get rid of the Windows 7 library feature
  Enter "System Configuration" and unchecking the various services at startup
     http://www.computing.NET/answers/Windows-7/desktop-icons-keep-moving-in-Windows-7/5758.html

  The Epiphany in the Panel: my glitch had only 3-4 days and I could do a system restore.  I could go back to June 21, well before the glitch.  This led to reset and my icons were returned to the position and the original size.  The new cases were there although many of the icons that I had placed in them were in their former positions.  For now, I'll keep records and reduced the number of icons.

  Hello

  I am happy to know that you were able to solve the problem. Thanks for sharing the solution. I don't know that it will help other users with the same issue.

• Move the desktop icon

  My desktop icons are moving when im from my computer. It's not like they go from left to right, they are simply by changing the tasks between them. It's not that big of a problem, but its very irritating. I have the checked all the Office of options so its nothing like that. I have a Windows 7 computer.

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft forums.

  I understand from the description of the issue, your computer desktop icons move after restarting the computer. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

  I suggest that you select the option "Align icons on the grid" as parameter to solve the display problem. You can refer to the suggestion of Fixer Upper from the following link and check if it helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-desktop/desktop-icons-keep-moving-around/d5b716ac-4611-4946-a5bb-fc956e9f3476

  I hope this helps.

  Please post back with the State of the question and we will be happy to help you further.

• Desktop icon error - cannot start programs using the icons

  original title: the desktop icon error

  When you try to click on the desktop icons to internet even the icon for Yahoo, has started 2 days ago, get 'cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer"looked at internet options, but no help, can't get the internet with the icon of internet explore that do not all other icons.

  Hi PhilWilfred,

  1. Did you the latest changes on the computer?
  2. You receive the error only on the desktop icons?
  3. You have security software installed on the computer?

  Check if the problem persists in safe mode.

  A description of the options to start in Windows XP Mode

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315222

  If the problem persists in safe mode then I suggest that you perform the restoration of the system to the point while it was working fine.

  How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084

• All my desktop icons disappeared and I can not add new ones.

  I recently uninstalled fences and after that I uninstalled it all my desktop icons disappear. When I try and add icons on the desktop, they do not apear. When I go to computer > desktop everything is there. They are simply not apearing on the real office.

  Right-click on the desktop and choose 'View', then 'Show Desktop icons.