Windows 10 icons move on restart.

Honda_cake · 29 Jan 2020 at 11:08

Hi all im new to the forums, finally bought myself a hig end pc after struggling for fps on my old pc.

Ive installed a brand new genuine windows 10 home onto my new pc, but every time i restart my pc the icons appear in the right place for a couple of seconds then all move to the very left of the screen, and i then have to move them all back to the place i want them.

Refreshing the desktop does nothing.

ive tried so far right clicking then making sure icons dont arrange then self,
also tried going to control pannel and found a box with allow apps to arrange icons which is now also unticked.

Spec's; amd ryzen 9 3900x
rtx2080ti
32gb ddr4 3200mhz
3 monitor setup (in surround display 5760x1080) old pc has the same display setup but has never moved the icons.

Any help would be great thank you in advanced.

Dave Burton · 3 Feb 2020 at 19:27

Edit : NVM, you tried, i missed that, sorry

b00merang69 · 3 Feb 2020 at 23:46

It shouldn't happen but this will remember/restore them even custom res's can be set for different set up.

http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm

reecevxr · 4 Feb 2020 at 17:05

Honda_cake said:
Hi all im new to the forums, finally bought myself a hig end pc after struggling for fps on my old pc.

Ive installed a brand new genuine windows 10 home onto my new pc, but every time i restart my pc the icons appear in the right place for a couple of seconds then all move to the very left of the screen, and i then have to move them all back to the place i want them.

Refreshing the desktop does nothing.

ive tried so far right clicking then making sure icons dont arrange then self,
also tried going to control pannel and found a box with allow apps to arrange icons which is now also unticked.

Spec's; amd ryzen 9 3900x
rtx2080ti
32gb ddr4 3200mhz
3 monitor setup (in surround display 5760x1080) old pc has the same display setup but has never moved the icons.

Any help would be great thank you in advanced.

Please please let me know if you find out whats causing this, im having the exact same issues on my new pc with the exact same spec even down to monitor set up

i put my icons on the middle screen, restart and my icons are on the left screen. occasionally they stay in the middle but more often than not they are on the left.

b00merang69 · 4 Feb 2020 at 17:22

Unhide system files (not same as hidden files/folders) and see if you have One or TWO Desktop .ini files.

hyperseven · 4 Feb 2020 at 20:16

use Stardock Fences /thread

reecevxr · 4 Feb 2020 at 21:58

b00merang69 said:
Unhide system files (not same as hidden files/folders) and see if you have One or TWO Desktop .ini files.

sorry to hjack the thread but its possibly the same situation for the OP, i have two desktop.ini's im guessing i should only have one?

b00merang69 · 4 Feb 2020 at 22:52

In days gone by on older OS yes but not in Win10 as you have two desktops, your desktop and the public one.

I had the above issue once or twice but not on Win10

Some possible solutions:

https://www.tenforums.com/gtsearch....8859-1&q=desktiop+icons+moiving&sa.x=0&sa.y=0