Why don't my desktop icons stay in place when I move them?

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• Why don't my desktop icons stay where I put them?

  My laptop is a HP Pavillion DV7 - 3164cl, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.  My question is simple I don't know, but I can't understand it.  I fix my icons from the desktop to the places I want them, I turned off the computer and when I turn it back on, the icons went back to their columns on the left side of the screen, how can I keep them I would?

  Thanks for any help!  Janell

  Thanks for your suggestion.  I tried but appreciate your time trying to help me solve this problem.  It doesn't really help.  When I went back to the box that you sent a picture, I noticed the choice of refresh.  I re-arranged my icons again, refresh shot, handed over my computer and they stayed where I put them!  Problem solved.

• Why my desktop icons do not work when I click them?

  I was always able to click on my icons and access all the icon was for. Example: icon for google chrome, click this icon and the google chrome website comes up. Now, I click on and nothing happens at all. What's wrong? How can I fix it?

  Hi, Nannan1,

  Reset the icon cache using the directions shown by Meghmala:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-desktop/icon-cache-gets-corrupted-after-installing-new/d92093bf-B424-4F67-8BB4-53112355dcfb

• the desktop icons no longer appear when I turn on the computer.

  Hello, I recently upgraded to an office update prompted and now the desktop icons no longer appear when I restart the computer. I can click with the right button on the desktop, select display, uncheck 'show descktop', then right click on the desktop again, select "Show the desktop" and they will appear. However, when I restart the computer they will disappear again and I have to re do the process again. I use my desktop icons/shortcuts all the time. Does anyone know how to remedy this?

  Hello, I recently upgraded to an office update prompted and now the desktop icons no longer appear when I restart the computer. I can click with the right button on the desktop, select display, uncheck 'show descktop', then right click on the desktop again, select "Show the desktop" and they will appear. However, when I restart the computer they will disappear again and I have to re do the process again. I use my desktop icons/shortcuts all the time. Does anyone know how to remedy this?

  See if this work...

  Right-click in a space of taskbar oprn > select Task Manager > processes tab > right-click on explorer.exe > click on end process > Applications tab > click New task... > of Opeb, enter explorer.exe > OK when.

  You check office. There the icons? If so, reboot, still exist the icons?

  If the foregoing does nopt working, do a system restore.
  Choose a date where you did not have this problem as your restore point.
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-System-Restore-how.html

• My Windows 7 desktop icons will be a small box around them, the box is white and has perforated lines. Not a big deal, all simply boring.

  My Windows 7 desktop icons will be a small box around them, the box is white and has perforated lines.  Not a big deal, all simply boring.  It is usually around the last icon I used.  But sometimes randomly will appear around, most frequently the trash.

  Have you tried to go to customize and change your theme?  Maybe redefine things will help the issue.  You can also try re - install (or looking for a newer version of) your graphics card driver.  You can normally find this by going to the manufacturer of your computer site, click Help, and then by entering your model number.

  A few guesses.  Weird problem!

• Why my element in the Comp panel not scroll when I move the current-time indicator?

  Why my element in the Comp panel not scroll when I move the current-time indicator?

  

• Windows7 64 bit. Why the desktop icons all be empty when you run Firefox nightly for the first time?

  Every time after I get a Firefox Nightly update and run it, it will display the next page:
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/nightly/firstrun/?oldversion=30.0 which is fine.
  But when it opens this page, all my desktop icons go clear/white and one by one, they all return with their correct icons. And all this happens in a few seconds.
  Why is the operation of Firefox every night for the first time, my desktop icons?

  I suspect that you have both nightly and Firefox version installed?

  "The Firefox 'about' shows 30.0. and I've now checked for updates and are now running 33.1.1"
  

  It's different from what you have first published here with!
  Firefox 33.1.1 represents the latest version - a 32-bit version.

  Whereas, the version you first posted here with was a generation of 64-bit channel every night from July. Every night is for "Alpha-testers" and is updated every day, where the name of "night".

  Everything that happens in the background on the Windows desktop should not be of concern right now, every night Win 64 bit is several months out.
  If you really want to test the Win 64 Nightly builds, follow and participate in the very different evenings and son of 'channels' on MozillaZine forum is based.

• 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.

• the desktop icons remain in place, sidebar stays in place

  How can I keep icons and the sidebar where I left on the desktop? When I go to another user and come back, they aren't where I left. Thank you

  How can I keep icons and the sidebar where I left on the desktop? When I go to another user and come back, they aren't where I left. Thank you

  Desktop icons:
  Right-click on a free space of the desktop > view > uncheck Auto fix. Keep "Snap to grid" checked.

  Taskbar:
  Right-click on an open space of the taskbar > check lock the taskbar

  t-4-2

• Whenever an update or reboot happens to that move my desktop icons. Is it possible to block them in place?

  A simple question.

  Presentation of the icon on the desktop (save & restore) - http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout/ MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• 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

• some of my desktop icons are white, how can I solve them?

  the desktop icons are white and must be corrected. How can I solve this problem?

  Hi, Frédéric L.Jackson,.

  1. Did you the latest changes on the computer?
  2. Are you referring to completely white desktop icons or icons changed?
  3. You have security software installed on the computer?
  4. What happens when you try to access white desktop icons?
  5. Are the program of white desktop icons or any file?

  Method 1

  See the link below and run the Fixit tool available, check if it helps.

  Diagnose and repair Windows files and folders problems automatically

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_file_and_folder_diag/

  Method 2

  Check if the problem persists in the safe mode and post back with the results.

  A description of the options to start in Windows XP Mode

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

   

  Method 3

  If the problem does not persist in safe mode, then it is possible that some third-party programs installed on the computer is causing the problem.

  I suggest that you configure the computer in a clean boot state and check if it helps.

  To help resolve the error and other messages, you can start Windows XP by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot". A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.

  See section to learn more about how to clean boot.

  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  Reset the computer to start as usual

  When you are finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:

  (a) click Start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.

  (b) If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password or click on continue.

  (c) under the general tab, click the Normal startup option, and then click OK.

  (d) when you are prompted to restart the computer, click on restart.

• The desktop icons and taskbar disappear when windows has finished starting - any of the usual things help

  I have a Windows XP Home Edition with a breath main card computer.  Replaced the Board, PS and other items.  Then re-activated windows and everything was fine.  Until the last moment, I rebooted after activating it.  I have the problem that I have seen posted in a bit.  When Windows has finished initializing all the desktop icons and task bar etc. disappear.  Nothing works.

  I can bring up the Task Manager and manually run programs, etc.

  Believe me when I say I spent reviewing EACH reference to this problem... Yes 5 days and counting... Tried them all.

  I also tried a repair of windows in place which ends without any problem (twice)... but still no icons or taskbar.  I also ran several controls of virus, including one for the virus, which is usually the cause of this problem.  (fsnimda3.exe), I tried all the ideas in another thread (page 9) and many other institutions.  Before I did the reconstruction of the material I've cloned the original hard drive and have used the disc cloned juggling his original for the back.  Even tried to reinstall the old disk and do a comparison of sector by sector, in the case where my cloning process missed something.  In the 30 years I've been in the computer business I have never had a re - format a hard drive to solve a problem.  BUT I think it will break my record.

  I'm doing this as a favor for a friend.  But at this point our friendship is really put to the test

  Hello

  This thread has been created in wrong forum; Microsoft moderation team has moved this thread to the system repair and recovery forum.

• My desktop icons have all disappeared when I started my computer.

  I can't even drag the icons in the menu 'Start' on the desktop.  How can I get the icons on the desktop?  My friend thinks that my office is locked.  How can I unlock it?  I can still access and use all the programs on my computer in the start menu.

  Hello

  · What happens when you drag programs to the start menu?

  · Do you remember any changes made on the computer before the show?

  · What is the number and the model of the computer?

  See the link below and try the steps listed: your desktop icons are missing in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330170

• There are 2 of each icon on my desktop help s so I can't move them screen can you please?

  Are you here?

  Hi AlanByrne,

  ·         Remember to make changes to the computer, after which the issue started?

  ·         What happens when you try to move around the screen?

  You can delete duplicate shortcuts or the desktop icons and check if it helps:

  Create or delete a shortcut

  Can't wait to hear back on your part.