{"id":268,"date":"2017-11-04T09:13:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T13:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2017-11-05T09:15:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T13:15:14","slug":"dont-waste-your-lazy-sunday-on-misbehaving-desktop-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshevilsizor.com\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Don’t waste your lazy Sunday on misbehaving desktop icons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So there are weekends where, instead of focused work or a healthy day spent outside, I spend almost an entire day (or more) trying to solve a problem that doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n

This Sunday was one of those days.<\/p>\n

I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, I am running Windows 10, and recently, the icons on my desktop started misbehaving. By misbehaving, I mean they started randomly arranging themselves on my desktop after a reboot. Or, when I would attempt to arrange the icons in a particular order (i.e. the correct one), certain icons would displace other icons, disallowing me to arrange my desktop icons the way that I wanted them.<\/p>\n

So, in effort to save others with my same level of OCD from this situation that is both 100% unimportant and incredibly frustrating, I present to you, the fix (that I found on 0 of 5 self-help threads posted on the interwebs):<\/p>\n

1. Turn off Auto arrange icons: right click desktop > view > uncheck. (I am uncertain if this relevant to my problem or not, but this was one of the first suggestions I came across as a fix. It may fix the problem for you, but it did not fix it for me.)<\/p>\n

2. With your mouse, hold the Ctrl button and scroll up\/down on the wheel so that your icons get smaller.<\/p>\n

3. Attempt to rearrange them. If you are successful, once you have them where you want them, resize them and they should stay put (mine did).<\/p>\n

4. If you still can’t rearrange them without them displacing other icons or relocating to their previous location, shrink them to the point that they comply. Then, arrange and resize as desired.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, you can send the check to myfirstnamemylastname@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

There now, go outside and play.<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nJosh<\/p>\n

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