#UNLOCK ICONS ON DESKTOP WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#
#UNLOCK ICONS ON DESKTOP WINDOWS 7 PLUS#

#UNLOCK ICONS ON DESKTOP WINDOWS 7 HOW TO#

Not a big problem, true, but kind of a drag, so if anybody knows how to pin/lock the icons in place I'd be very grateful to know how. I would understand it, and accept it, if it ocurred only after I, say, change the resolution, but it happens randomly, 'unprovoked'.

#UNLOCK ICONS ON DESKTOP WINDOWS 7 PLUS#

The desktop 'feels like home' to put it simply, plus it looks good.Д®very once in a while upon boot they are moved to the left side of the screen, not sorted alphabetically (which, at least, would have been some help) but in completely random order so it takes unnecessarily long to find what youre looking for. Fortunately, computer users can move the menu to any side of the screen for convenience purposes, providing it is unlocked. When I have moved the icons around so that they are grouped into categories (roughly) and have their fixed places, it's easy to find what I'm looking for, and one gets used to it, like the layout of ones apartment for example. The Taskbar is much improved and allows you to have larger icons, improved grouping, thumbnail window. For the sake of easy navigation I try to keep the number to a minimum. Show Desktop button-Hiding and Displaying Windows. Toggled out of Tablet mode and sure enough, my desktop suddenly had all the icons that should be showing up, including my recycle bin.

I did EVERYTHING that was posted and nothing.

and please make sure you have the SHOW DESKTOP ICONS checked which will keep the desktop Icons visible. My desktop isn't exactly cluttered, I think, there are at any given moment some 45-50. No icons at all And off I went, for the better part of a day, trying to find out where my desktop icons went. and click on View, check to make sure that both Auto arrange icons and Align icons to grid are unchecked. Does anybody know of a way (in Windows 7) to lock/pin the desktop icons in place once you have arranged them?

Unlock icons on desktop windows 7