Windows 10 annoyance.

Hi,

Since a couple of weeks, my win 10, otherwise stable as a rock, wants to re-arrange my desktop pixels
all by itself. Every now and then, at startup, it puts all the icons to one side (left), so i have to spend a couple of minutes to drag them back to where i want them.

yes, i know that you need to run %userprofile%, and delete the iconcache.db.
But every week or so it happens again....

My question: does anybody have a final fix for this, or should i write a little program that deletes the db every day at shutdown. (I did see that there are many other iconcaches, but don't know what their function is)

thx,
Dpaul

Hi,

I do not have the solution for your problem, but i just wanted to voice my own win10 annoyance.

For a week from today i cannot open edge or the calculator simply because my admin account is not secure enough to open them. i had to increment the user Access control to almost the first level to be able to use the calculator... com'on microsoft!!!

DPaul said:

Hi,

Since a couple of weeks, my win 10, otherwise stable as a rock, wants to re-arrange my desktop pixels
all by itself. Every now and then, at startup, it puts all the icons to one side (left), so i have to spend a couple of minutes to drag them back to where i want them.

Dpaul

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Yes, definitely an annoyance. Win 10 did this to me from day one.

I run a program called Desktop OK. It's freeware. It allows you to save your preferred desktop icon layout and quickly restore - Windows does what it wants and I just restore it to what I want.

See www.softwareok.com

Personally, I like Fences to keep all my icons grouped / organised.. . http://www.stardock.com/products/ There used to be a freeware version .. unsure if still the case.
I have reverted my main PC back to Win7, so cannot comment how it behaves on Win10.

mangojack said:

I have reverted my main PC back to Win7

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No, not win 7, because win 10 WAS free (for once MS did something free of charge),
and i find it very stable.

Desktop OK seems OK, downloaded it, thanks.

I was only wondering if it is not possible to write something similar.
Where does win 10 keep that position information ?

Dpaul

Nothing is free. Whether you pay with money or with information.

Enrique Gonzalez R said:

Nothing is free.

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Linux.

Enrique Gonzalez R said:

Whether you pay with money or with information.

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Well like Apple, Microsoft now has alternative revenue streams built into the OS such as:

• Office 365 (Monthly & Yearly subscriptions)
• Bing Ads (MS Edge uses Bing as the default search engine)
• Windows Store (Though it needs a better refund policy like everyone else; currently app sales are "as-is" meaning if you buy a broken app you're SOL.)
• Dedicated Microsoft Hardware (Surface Line)
• Windows 10 S solidifies/enforces these products/revenue streams.