Organize your desktop items in the order that you would like them to stay. Make sure they are all in the correct spot before you continue the process. Right-click with your mouse anywhere on your desktop. Select "View" on the options tab that comes up. Select "Desktop Items" next and uncheck the line that says "Auto Arrange" by clicking on it. Click "Align to Grid" to align your desktop icons in their current position. Click "Show Desktop Items" to make any further changes and finalize the positions of your desktop icons. Click "Apply" in the desktop menu and your icons will be locked in their current position the next time you turn off, reboot or reconfigure your computer.

2 things you can try: If you are logged on as the Administrator and you moved the icons to areas you want...then Right - Click on a blank area of your desktop and select "View"...and uncheck "Auto Arrange" and "Align to Grid". Or see link if the above does not help... Here is a link that might be useful: icon_restore

try going to Start, Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, click the "+" sign next to My Computer, "+" next to Local Drive - C, "+" next to Windows, click the word System32, on the right side of the screen - double click sndvol32.exe. That should install it. or you can do a search for sndvol32.exe and double click it. this is where to find what you were looking for control panel>sound and audio device and check the button "place volume icon in the task bar" try this first. if those do not work then go here and read the replies in the post replies #2#3 tell how to replace the needed exe file. Volume Icon Missing System Tray

There are so many places one can see the desktop folder - so its hard for me to understand exactly. If you go to "C:\Users\SUGAR \Desktop" and can right click your real desktop folder and choose send to.... Desktop(create shortcut) ...and then go to your desktop and drag that shortcut from the desktop.. to where its missing. This post was edited by mikie on Fri, Oct 10, 14 at 2:51