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Shane:
Lets check one more thing! lol

there is a regkey that can be set to tell Windows to not save and remeber the icon layou. So lets check that. You will need to check two locations

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

And look for "NoSaveSettings"

If you have that in either spot, delete it and then reboot :-)

Shane

PidgeDR:
Hi Shane,
I did not find "NoSaveSettings"  in either of those locations. What I found was interesting though. In   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer,  there were 3 lines,
"Default"   REG_SZ    (value not set)
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"    REG_DWORD       0x00000091 (145)
"NoresolveTrack"   REG_DWORD       0x00000001 (1)

now the interesting part, in  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer  there were (are) 2 Explorer folders. The first one seems to start with a single blank space.
The first "Explorer" folder has 2 lines,
"Default"   REG_SZ    (value not set)
"StartMenuLogoff"   REG_DWORD  0x00000001 (1)
The second "Explorer" folder has 2 lines,
"Default"   REG_SZ    (value not set)
"MemCheckBoxInRunDlg"   REG_DWORD     0x00000001 (1)

Fearing that maybe I missed the "NoSaveSettings" somehow I did a "Find" for the whole Registry and came up with only one instance of its use. That was in,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Program Manager\Restrictions. It has 7 lines the 6th one is,
"NoSaveSettings"  REG_DWORD  0x00000000 (0)
There were no other instances of "NoSaveSettings".
I don't know if any of this means anything. I pass it along in case it may mean something to you.
Thanks again for your help,
Pidge Gill

Shane:
Ok I did some more digging and of course there is even more regkeys that can impact it. Holy crap MS get this under control LOL

Anyways I attached a reg file. Save it and then run it and then reboot. If you want to see what the reg file will do just right click on it and click edit after you save it.

We know what ever happening is system wide and not to your profile, making the new profile proved that. Regkeys that start with HKEY_CURRENT_USER are only for the currently logged in profile. Things start are system wide get stored under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. So I think that is where our problem may be. I think you have a reg setting that shouldnt be under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE that is effecting it.

So in the reg file you will see some that have a - at the start, that means it will remove those entries.

Lets see how it does :-)

Shane

PidgeDR:
Shane,
I am sorry to report that the Icons still Auto Arrange as soon as the screen refreshes, no change.
Thanks for not giving up!
Pidge

Shane:
Well what the flarp! lol

Ok it is Easter Sunday so hit me up tomorrow when I am in my office and I will see if I can find any other registry keys that have to do with it :-)

Shane

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