Try the 8 ways to restore desktop icons and show desktop Windows 10, and recover lost data on Windows Besides the above method, to lock desktop icons, there are other ways available.
For example, you can also choose to use third-party software. So, if you want to lock desktop icons in its place, you can take the above solutions. However, if you are a Mac user, do you know how to lock desktop icons? I just reinstalled Windows and now the icon's position isn't maintained. Can someone please tell how I can lock these icons in place? Joined Mar 23, Messages 6, The only item I have checked is Show Desktop Icons.
I just place my icons were I want them. Joined Mar 30, Messages Place Layout. Joined Oct 25, Messages I use Icon Restore which is a free download from www.
Right clicking on "My Computer" icon lets you save your setup or restore after something happens to mess them up. DoubleHelix Banned. Joined Dec 9, Messages 24, The location of icons on the desktop should stay the same after a restart or a shutdown.
If yours aren't, I suspect you have other problems. This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent Windows and macOS from rearranging your desktop icons without your permission. If you're using Windows, you can turn off the auto-arrangement feature to keep your desktop icons in your preferred order, or try a third-party app called DeskLock that actually prevents your icons from moving at all. If you have a Mac, you can keep your icons organized to your liking by setting your desktop sorting method to "None.
Right-click the desktop. Select View. Remove the checkmark from "Auto arrange icons. Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers. Please log in with your username or email to continue. No account yet? Create an account. Edit this Article. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy.
Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article methods. Related Articles. Article Summary. Method 1. Right-click on an empty space on your Windows desktop. This will open a small drop-down window. Windows does not come with a feature that locks the desktop icons in place.
You can, however, turn off "Auto-Arrange" option so that Windows doesn't reorganize your desktop icons automatically each time you add files to the desktop.
Go to source. What is the solution? Not to run that program :- or look through its settings, maybe there is an option to adjust the screen resolution it uses.
Contact the company that makes the offending program, and they might be able to help. If only some icons are moving after you save changes to the documents they represent, it could be because the program that saves the changes actually recreates a new document from scratch, and it makes Windows to find a new position for the icon rather than reuse the old one.
As suggested in the comments below, a solution to such a problem is not to save documents themselves on the desktop. Instead, save them to some other folder, such as Documents, and create shortcuts to the documents on the Desktop. This way, when you save the document, the shortcut will not be changed, and it should keep its position on the desktop. If Windows keeps rearranging the icons even after you've tried the previous suggestions, another possibility is that you have a faulty video card or an outdated driver for the video card.
You see, if the video card or its driver do not behave well, they may change the resolution spontaneously, and when the resolution changes, it causes Windows to rearrange the icons on the desktop, too. If this is the case, first of all check for updates to your video card driver, and install a new version, if available.
Keep in mind that you may need to search the web site of the company that manufactured your video card for the latest driver for your specific model. If updating the driver does not solve the problem, try tweaking the video card settings, such as changing its resolution or the display mode. Good luck! Finally, if Windows keeps rearranging the desktop icons no matter what you try, you may want to install our software Icon Shepherd. It memorizes the positions of the desktop icons and keeps track of them when you move the icons around, creating snapshots of the icons after each change.
When Windows messes up your icons, you can use the Icon Shepherd icon next to the system clock to restore a previously saved layout of the icons, and return them to their proper places. After that click and empty space on your desktop, right click and refresh 3 x.
To test this solution, I opened a image bank website and tried to save any image. Save as… in my desktop just to test and ok! None of the icons changed their place, like before. The image was saved a available space.
No iconed moved this time.
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