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HAHAHA! My work monitor is 1680x1050... You tell me the extra 30 pixels moves those things side by side?!!!
1920x1080 is the res I'm using right now in college
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HAHAHA! My work monitor is 1680x1050... You tell me the extra 30 pixels moves those things side by side?!!!
You mention something about youtube... the program I linked to lets you right click on desktop and either Save Desktop or Restore Desktop.
It is an indispensable simple program if you like to control the layout of icons with a single click.
Your computer is switching resolutions somehow and that is why your icons get messed up.
If you used this program http://www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm and you right click save icons at each of the problem resolutions then the program will automatically make the icons stay as saved whenever something else switches to that resolution again. That is my understanding.
Even though this article refers to icon repositioning after a reboot, still check the permissions of the Desktop sub-key...
Fix for Desktop Icons Layout Not Getting Saved Upon Restarting Windows
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-desktop-icons-layout-not-saved-restart/
... then if unresolved, follow step #3: Reset the Desktop Icon Layout Registry Key. If still unresolved, try creating another user account to see if the issue follows.
...and just in case you missed what I was saying:
ONCE you right click and save icons positions at a given resolution, they should ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY return to those positions after a resolution switch. The only problem is you may have to right click SAVE positions at every resolution if you don't know what it's switching from/to.
Of course, redduc900's solution would be much better.
Ok just want to have short update guys on my current situation. So it's been like 14 days now ( 2 Weeks ) since I made this post , and did the solution of " Reset the Desktop Icon Layout Registry Key " by changing the Registry name from " Dekstop " to " Old Desktop "
Well so far so good, my Desktop icons hasn't been randomly arranging yet ! But I won't be so sure , I think I would wait for least a Month long till I confirm it =)
So just a quick update. Finger cross , hopefully it's fix for good ! If anything changes I will update again.
Probably fine if it has been stable so far
At this point, I'd just go for an Icon utility. IconConfigurationUtility is what I use. Arrange your icons, right click on desktop -> save profile
To restore the Icons, right click on desktop -> Restore layout.
It's better than a re-format...
Would like to double confirm , I shouldn't have 2 Desktop registry keys right ? Originally was DesktopOld , I just rename it , now pop up another naming Desktop.
Can I delete one of them ??
Correct. I only have 1:
View attachment 154066
What I would do is this: Delete the "Desktop" one, copy your DesktopOld, and rename it to Desktop. Re-boot and see if it fixes it.
If it does, you could export the key as a .reg, then simply add a few lines to do the copy and renameing above.
That way you'd just have to double click on the .reg file and re-boot to fix it.