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Move icons around freely in Windows 7

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Mar 15, 202628923 views
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I just installed a pre-RTM build of Windows 7 that I downloaded from Microsoft, so this may have changed in the RTM version, but I do not think so. (EDIT: Same thing in the released version.) In Windows Vista, XP and older you could move icons around freely within a folder, rearranging them as you …

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Fix for: Move icons around freely in Windows 7

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Right click an empty space in the folder -> View -> Uncheck "Auto Arrange". This should let you move files around freely without Explorer sorting them back.

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