Disable Auto arrange icons not working (Win11)


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jasonc31

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I have tried to disable Auto arrange icons and the grid option, but nothing works. The icons move to the top left when renamed or if I copy paste a file from one location to the desktop (the file is not placed where the cursor was)
Does anyone have an solutions to this ?

Just to add that if I move the file icon to another space on desktop it remembers it on the next restart.
 
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I have a copy issue also on one of my PCs. If I copy a file to the desktop, sometimes, the icons on the left side (This PC. Recycle Bin, etc. will jump one grid space down. This creates a one grid empty space below my user folder which is in the top left corner. I have to manually move my icons back to their original grid space when this happens. Haven't been able to track down a fix yet.
 

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jasonc31 said:
I have tried to disable Auto arrange icons and the grid option, but nothing works. The icons move to the top left when renamed or if I copy paste a file from one location to the desktop (the file is not placed where the cursor was)
Does anyone have an solutions to this ?

Just to add that if I move the file icon to another space on desktop it remembers it on the next restart.
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The link below provides information on arranging icons on the desktop.

How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop - Microsoft Support

support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com

If the information provided in the link above doesn't help there is a small application, DesktopOK, which you can download and use to save your custom icon layout.

DesktopOK 12.66 Save and restore the desktop icon positions.

Save and restore the positions of the Windows Desktop Icons. a small effective solution for user that have to change the screen resolution!
www.softwareok.com www.softwareok.com
 

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Not in my case. Uninstalling OneDrive is one of the first things I do when building a new PC.
 

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rick99 said:
Not in my case. Uninstalling OneDrive is one of the first things I do when building a new PC.
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Let's find out if the issue is specific to your profile. Create, and login with, a new local account (make the account an administrator) and see if the issue persists with that new account. That will help determine the next course of action.
 

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Just like me I do not backup Desktop to OneDrive, still the issue is there :(
 

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Not sure what I done or if this worked before. I copied a file and pasted it to the center of the Desktop screen, as expected it placed it to the top left under Recycle Bin icon. I moved the copied file to the center of the screen and renamed it and it stayed. But I still do not know why it does not paste to the location of the cursor.
 

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11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400F @2.60GHz 6 Cores, 12 LPs
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BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. BaseBoard Product PRIME H510M-A WIFI. BaseBoard Version Rev 1.xx
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How can I delete the iconcache and thumb files from the Explorer folder, I get that the files are in use by desktop.
 

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jasonc31 said:
How can I delete the iconcache and thumb files from the Explorer folder, I get that the files are in use by desktop.
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www.elevenforum.com

Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rebuild the icon cache to clear and reset it for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The icons that display for files in Windows are saved in an icon cache so they can be displayed quickly instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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jasonc31 said:
How can I delete the iconcache and thumb files from the Explorer folder, I get that the files are in use by desktop.
Click to expand...
www.elevenforum.com

Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rebuild the icon cache to clear and reset it for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The icons that display for files in Windows are saved in an icon cache so they can be displayed quickly instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
www.elevenforum.com

Clear and Reset Thumbnail Cache in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the thumbnail cache for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows keeps a copy of all your picture, video, and document thumbnails in a cache so they can be reused to quickly display when you open a folder instead of having to manually...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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LesFerch said:
www.elevenforum.com

Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rebuild the icon cache to clear and reset it for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The icons that display for files in Windows are saved in an icon cache so they can be displayed quickly instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
www.elevenforum.com

Clear and Reset Thumbnail Cache in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the thumbnail cache for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows keeps a copy of all your picture, video, and document thumbnails in a cache so they can be reused to quickly display when you open a folder instead of having to manually...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
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Thank you, this cleared all the thumbnail and other cache while they were in use by the system.
But still the issue of icons not placed where I right click paste on the desktop is there.
 

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Windows 11 Home11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400F @2.60GHz 6 Core...16bgNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
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Windows 11 Home
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Stormforce
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11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400F @2.60GHz 6 Cores, 12 LPs
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BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. BaseBoard Product PRIME H510M-A WIFI. BaseBoard Version Rev 1.xx
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
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1920 x 1080 on both
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A few
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Stormforce
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USB, colourful
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Logitec Wireless (in red, black tim)
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Firefox
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AVG
jasonc31 said:
Thank you, this cleared all the thumbnail and other cache while they were in use by the system.
But still the issue of icons not placed where I right click paste on the desktop is there.
Click to expand...
As I replied to @rick99, let's find out if the issue is specific to your profile. Create, and login with, a new local account (make the account an administrator) and see if the issue persists with that new account. That will help determine the next course of action.
 

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Windows 10/11
OS
Windows 10/11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Acer
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