Arranging desktop icons

Harry_Flashman

Hi all,

I'm running Windows 7 and, I guess like most people, I have a photograph as a destop background with my programe and file icons arranged around it.

Since about lunchtime yesterday, every time I do a restart, the icons have decided to bunch themselves over to the left of the screen.

I've not changed anything (certainly not intentionally). Is there any way I can stop this happening?

Apologies by the way, I'm a complete techno mong so please forgive any dozy questions I may ask.

J_B

Right click on a blank bit of the desktop

The first option is View

Untick 'auto arrange icons'

Should do the trick

Harry_Flashman

Hmm - thanks for that. But when I just tried it - 'auto arrange icons' wasn't ticked in the first place?

macman

Then just move them back where you want them-if it's not ticked then they should stay where moved to.

Harry_Flashman

macman wrote: »

Then just move them back where you want them-if it's not ticked then they should stay where moved to.

I've been doing that - but each time I restart they group themselves into the left hand side.

VoucherMan

Advice on re-aranging icons here (or here if you want the full version)