How To Keep Desktop Icons From Rearranging 

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In this article, we’ll talk about how To Keep Desktop Icons From Rearranging . Some of us like to have a lot of files, folders, and links on the desktop. When the screen icons move around on their own, it makes it hard to find these files. If you’re using Windows, you can turn off the auto-arrange feature to keep your desktop icons in the order you want, or you can try an app that stops your icons from changing at all.

Do the desktop buttons on your home screen move around and don’t stay in one place? Many Windows users have said that they have had this problem, especially after restarting their computer. You’ve come to the right place if you have either of these problems, or both. This post will show you how to put your desktop icons in order and keep them from moving around.

Ways To Keep Desktop Icons From Rearranging 

Disable the Windows auto-arrange setting

The first thing you can try to do to rearrange icons is to change the settings for auto-arrange. This setting is often the norm, so it’s likely to keep happening even if you’ve changed the way your computer looks (by moving the icons around, for example). To turn off the setting for auto arrange:

1. Start with a plain desktop screen. This is your screen with nothing else open, where your icons are arranged. 
2. Right-click (on the wallpaper area) and hover your mouse pointer over View.
3. In the pop out menu, uncheck the Auto-arrange icons option.
4. In the same menu, turn off Align Icons To Grid.
5. Reboot your computer. Turn your computer off and back on to make sure this has changed the setting. You will do this by selecting the menu and choosing either Shut Down and powering back on or by selecting Restart.

Change your screen resolution

Screen resolution is very important, but most people don’t change it themselves. Screen resolution is how big and clear pictures, apps, and other things on your desktop are. If you want to know more information about this Visit Official Microsoft Support site.

By default, the screen resolution is set to what is best for the size of your desktop. This can make the icons move around in a certain way sometimes. Find out what your monitor’s original resolution is before you start. You can do this by typing the model number into Google and looking at the specs for the monitor.

1. Go to Display Settings. You can do this by searching it up in your Start menu or by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting it. 
2. In the Display Settings, open the drop down box under Display resolution to select a new resolution. I recommend adjusting it to your monitor’s native resoltion if it isn’t already.
3. Open the drop down box under where it says Change the size of text, apps, and other items. It will be a sliding bar or a drop down box, and it is usually at the Recommended setting of 250% unless it has been otherwise changed. 
4. Experiment with the scaling percentage. You may want to try 100%, 125%, 200%, screen resolution. 
5. Click Apply. 

Edit your theme setting

Another option is that the way you set up your themes is changing the icons on your desktop. With the themes settings, you can change how the background, buttons, menu, and items on your computer look. When you use a certain desktop style, your computer will move your icons around by default. If Windows is moving your icons because of this, you can turn it off. Here is how to change your theme setting step by step:

1. Find the Start Button. It’s usually on the left side of your computer screen and appears as a Windows icon. 
2. Open the Settings App by clicking on the gear icon in the Start Menu.
3. Click on Personalization.
4. Select Themes.
5. In the Related Settings somewhere on the page, click on Desktop icon settings.
6. Disable Allow themes to change desktop icons. Disable this setting by unchecking the box.

Delete icon file

This fix needs you to know a little more about how your computer works, but it may help if none of the others did. You will try to delete your icon file, which may be what is moving your desktop icons around. In order to do this, you’ll:

1. Press the Windows key and the letter R on your keyboard. This should bring up your Run Dialog.
2. Type in %userprofile%. 
3. Click Ok after typing this in. Your user folder should open up now. 
4. Open your App Data folder.
5. Open the Local folder.
6. Find the IconCache file. If you are unable to find this file, you can look it up in the search bar.
7. Right-click or select the file, and then select Delete. 
8. Arrange your desktop icons in your preferred manner. 
9. Restart your computer.

Update graphic card drivers

This method will be similar to the one above in that you will need to know a bit more about technology than with the other methods. For this method, you will update the drivers for the video card. Your computer’s text and pictures show up because of your graphic card driver. Here’s how to change the drivers for your video card:

1. Press the Windows key and the letter R on your keyboard. This should bring up your Run Dialog.
2. Type in devmgmt.msc and then select Ok. This should open your Device Manager. 
3. Click the button to expand the Display Adapters menu.
4. Right-click your graphics card and select Enable and then select again to select Update. 
5. Have your computer Search automatically for updated driver software.

There are several things you can try to fix the problem of buttons moving around randomly. You can change the settings for the display, update the system, or use system file recovery to fix the problem. This article goes into depth about how to make these changes.