Desktop icons won't remember position

Has anyone seen this? Every time I log off and back on (or hit refresh) my
desktop icons realphabetize themselves. If I change the sort criteria, it
will resort by that (size, for example). I haven't found any way to get it to
stop reordering my icons... This behavior seems unique to my one Vista
machine. Disabling auto arrange fixes it, but I want new icons to line up in
the next available spot.

Thanks...

-Ben

Does it still do this if you - Align to Grid.

"Ben R." <benr@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:454D135C-9352-43A0-B781-B62734AFB999@microsoft.com...
> Has anyone seen this? Every time I log off and back on (or hit refresh) my
> desktop icons realphabetize themselves. If I change the sort criteria, it
> will resort by that (size, for example). I haven't found any way to get it
> to
> stop reordering my icons... This behavior seems unique to my one Vista
> machine. Disabling auto arrange fixes it, but I want new icons to line up
> in
> the next available spot.
>
> Thanks...
>
> -Ben

I've tried disabling align to grid, but this doesn't seem to help. As long as
auto arrange is enabled, the problem occurs. (Having align to grid without
auto arrange, I don't see this problem). Could this be a quirk from having
performed an upgrade?

"JerryM (ID)" wrote:

> Does it still do this if you - Align to Grid.
>
> "Ben R." <benr@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:454D135C-9352-43A0-B781-B62734AFB999@microsoft.com...
> > Has anyone seen this? Every time I log off and back on (or hit refresh) my
> > desktop icons realphabetize themselves. If I change the sort criteria, it
> > will resort by that (size, for example). I haven't found any way to get it
> > to
> > stop reordering my icons... This behavior seems unique to my one Vista
> > machine. Disabling auto arrange fixes it, but I want new icons to line up
> > in
> > the next available spot.
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > -Ben
>

As far back as I can remember, Auto Arrange has always reset my Icons.
I just have Align to Grid enabled and Auto arrange turned off.

Jerry

"Ben R." <benr@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:C34BCC4B-56C0-482B-BAAB-BF800483125C@microsoft.com...
> I've tried disabling align to grid, but this doesn't seem to help. As long
> as
> auto arrange is enabled, the problem occurs. (Having align to grid without
> auto arrange, I don't see this problem). Could this be a quirk from having
> performed an upgrade?
>
<Snip>

That's strange. I'm on my XP machine now and confirmed that I have auto
arrange and align to grid both on, and refreshing does not resort or reorder
my icons. I went to a computer store yesterday and confirmed that I saw
similar behavior to this (no resorting on refresh / sign on) on a Vista
machine. Can anyone else confirm if they see the same thing when auto arrange
is enabled?

Thanks...

-Ben

"JerryM (ID)" wrote:

> As far back as I can remember, Auto Arrange has always reset my Icons.
> I just have Align to Grid enabled and Auto arrange turned off.
>
> Jerry
>
> "Ben R." <benr@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:C34BCC4B-56C0-482B-BAAB-BF800483125C@microsoft.com...
> > I've tried disabling align to grid, but this doesn't seem to help. As long
> > as
> > auto arrange is enabled, the problem occurs. (Having align to grid without
> > auto arrange, I don't see this problem). Could this be a quirk from having
> > performed an upgrade?
> >
> <Snip>
>