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Is it possible to lock/pin icons in place in Windows 7?

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Mar 15, 202655282 views
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Does anybody know of a way (in Windows 7) to lock/pin the desktop icons in place once you have arranged them? My desktop isn't exactly cluttered, I think, there are at any given moment some 45-50. For the sake of easy navigation I try to keep the number to a minimum. When I have moved the icons aro…

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I presume you have unchecked "auto arrange icons"? You could also uncheck "align icons to grid". Some clean up tools CCleaner (for example) can make Windows forget settings like these. Do you have any tools which be might doing it? If all else fails…

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