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Sometimes when I, for example, extract a folder from an archive with WinRAR to the desktop, the folder gets placed in the top left corner of the desktop and messes up the ordering of other icons. But when I move the folder to a proper position and move the other icons back to place and then extract another folder, it works normally. WinRAR is not the only program this happens with though. Seems like it can happen with any program that creates a folder or file on the desktop.

This happens randomly and I havent found any way to reproduce it reliably. Dragging items to the desktop works normally still.

I have always had "Align icons to grid" enabled and "Auto arrange icons" disabled. This problem started occuring only recently. I'm using Windows 10 Pro, build 18363. I'm not 100% sure but I suspect that this started happening after installing Windows update KB4556799 or KB4552931 as those are most recent while others were installed a month ago.

Illustration of the problem

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    A screenshot would help here.
    – NiallUK
    May 20, 2020 at 14:51
  • @NiallUK I added an illustration about the problem.
    – nyaol9
    May 20, 2020 at 15:22
  • KB4556799 and KB4552931 were both released last week not a month ago. If you suspect those updates you should temporarily uninstall them. Your illustration does not clarify your problem, what I see in the illustration, is typical behavior.
    – Ramhound
    May 20, 2020 at 15:32
  • Have you enabled sorting for the desktop icons (see context menu -> "sort by" on free space of the desktop).
    – Robert
    May 20, 2020 at 15:40
  • @Ramhound I meant that the two updates are the most recent ones and other than those, nothing else before them had been installed in a month. Typical behaviour to what? It has never been like this on any Windows machine i have used. All files/folders created on the desktop have been added to an empty space without moving any existing icons.
    – nyaol9
    May 20, 2020 at 16:03

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Have you got auto arrange icons selected on the desktop? Try to right click the desktop and untick this and you should be free to arrange icons as you wish. I think also if you open the desktop via the file explorer the problem won't happen.

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