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SamanthaGarcia
Aug 07, 2024Copper Contributor
"Why Doesn't Windows 11 Save Desktop Icon Positions and How to Enable Icon Position Saving?"
"Why doesn't Windows 11 remember the placement of icons? Learn how to enable icon position saving functionality!"
donfry
Jan 08, 2025Copper Contributor
I have 100+/- icons arranged by category on my desktop. When windows decides to rearrange them into a packed grid bc of temporary monitor resolution change, or what ever, it requires a bunch of my time to manually put the icons back to where i best remember them being. This is really frustrating @Microsoft. PLEASE add a save button function to the desktop->personalization->Desktop icon settings!!!! And a restore from a saved layout. Don't understand why it's not there now!? I know there are 3rd party companies that sell apps that can do this . . . but why is that necessary? And they are not reliable eg. Winability - Icon Sheperd has occasionally disappeared along with saved layouts.