Desktop icons troubleshooting

How to align desktop icons that are in slanted horizontal tiers without messing up their alphabetical order?


Thanks in advance for your help.

I don't know, but from what I've been researching, there does not appear to be any Microsoft method and is a common user problem with icons shifting positions.

There apparently is this however:
DesktopOK which should help solve your future problems with icons and is Freeware.
If only you had this freeware app all along.

How to lock in place the desktop icons in windows 10?

Thanks for your help.

Joe Busuttil

How to restore the following two desktop icons which were accidentally deleted in windows 10?

Windows Security

Utube

Thank you in advance fro your hlep.

Joe Busuttil

I do not know. You could instead go to Start Menu to open Windows Security. Another option is Start Menu > (right-click) Windows Security and choose More … and choose Pin to Taskbar.
One alternative is instead to simply have the Control Panel listed on Desktop; I did show you how to do this before: https://www.bing.com/search?q=show%2...ngIA&mkt=en-US

utube: https://www.gnutellaforums.com/tips-...tml#post379688

In future, might I recommend BEFORE you ever empty the Recycle Bin, you first open the folder to double-check you are not accidentally deleting any icons you wish to keep. The loss of icons appears to be a recurring problem multiple times every year for you.

Perhaps also find a file-retrieval program just in case.

To re-iterate, I recommend using DesktopOK. A download link is in my earlier post above. More information below:
FAQ: Common cause of desktop icon position issue on Windows!

Windows Info DesktopOK

The main drop-down menu for DesktopOK:
It is very simple and easy for this process you wish to use.