I do have the latest version of WinTidy running at least according to the "update" check. I had not been so concerned about that since WinTidy put them back in place for me. If they move on me after today's experiment I will take closer note. I am not certain if it is the same icons that are moving around but I do believe they are. So with that being said I could possibly remove approximately 30 of them which I may do before all this is said and done.
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WinTidy starts on start up (Found in the run registry)Īlso note there has not been an up date since Windows 8.1 and it has been around since Windows 95.Īctually I use probably 75% of the desktop shortcuts on a regular basis. ogram.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href) return false If so, I would delete them and then make new ones. Is it the same ones that keep moving about each time? You may not have WinTidy running, but the flag that is keeping each icon in place just may be the cause. Some of the ones on the desktop are there because I have not removed them since the program or device was installed. Why so many, I do not use but maybe 10 of the 26 that I have, BUT then I also have 14 in the Taskbar that I use all the time. So I'm sure you can see what a pain that is when they move around on their own. Not sure if it matters, and it never did before Creators Version, but I have 118 desktop icons. I did save the new layout with WinTidy after the rearrangement but when I can't place a shortcut where I want it, it is frustrating. I'll see how or if they move on the next reboot but I sure hope they stay put. These stubborn icons actually jumped or shifted to where they wanted to be. Some were stubborn and decided to choose where they wanted to be located so for the most part I left them there. Today I moved the icons that had shifted on their own back to as close as I could to the position I wanted them to be in. Instead last night I took a screenshot of it and printed that out. When I booted this machine up today I did not use WinTidy to recover the desktop. I am in the middle of an experiment but won't know the results until tomorrow. So I just don't see how it could be the culprit. I may be totally wrong about this but I have checked the Task Manager and the only time it shows WinTidy running is when I manually open to recover my desktop as previously mentioned.
I then shut it down since it has no more use to me after the recovery.
I will post about my problems.ĭave I do not believe WinTidy has anything to do with it because it is not running unless I tell it to open and then it is only used for the time it takes to recover my desktop, about 10 seconds. It could be that your version of "WinTidy" needs to be updated to a version that works with Creator. Using this simple trick, you can quickly revert the Desktop icon layout within a few seconds.DaveA wrote:I have just upgraded to Creator, and am not having this issue. Tip: you can subscribe to our YouTube channel HERE. The following video shows everything mentioned above in the action: The Desktop will appear with the previous icon layout. This will start the Explorer shell again. Once the Desktop disappears, type explorer at the opened command prompt and press Enter.This will forcibly close Explorer and prevent it from saving the new icon layout to the Registry. Type the following command: taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F.Instead, open a new instance of the command prompt.Do not use the tools ExitExplorer or RestartExplorer. Do not exit Explorer using this hidden secret option. Do not sign out from your current Windows session. Now I 'accidentally' changed it to the following appearance: Here is what you need to do to terminate Explorer.įor example, I have set the following icon layout: So, the next time you start Explorer, it will use the previous customized icon position, as it still stored in Registry. Instead, if you terminate the Explorer process, it will not write the new icon layout to the Registry. you need to do it immediately after they get rearranged.Īs you might be knowing, every time Explorer exits, it saves the Desktop icon layout to the following Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop This trick works only if you have not signed out from your account yet, e.g. Regardless of the cause of the issue, it is possible to revert Desktop icons auto arranging in Windows 10. Or you might accidentally tick the Auto arrange icons menu item in the Desktop context menu: It can happen if you accidentally press one of Ctrl + Shift + 1.5 hotkeys on Desktop which will switch the icon view to Details, Content or List view. There are some situations when the icon view and arrangement of desktop icons changes.
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