Booting up rearranges files on desktop

[kevmacosx]

At home there is no problem with files staying in their place on the desktop but at work after each boot up they are are rearranged.

I know it's someting simple that I have not done but what is it?

 

[emw]

Perhaps at home you have your Finder preferences set to "Keep arranged by:" something, and at work you don't. I don't know why a rearranging would be specific to booting, unless it is determined by mount time or something on external drives.

 

[Studawg7]

I know my HD icon moves everytime I reboot. Its odd, always wondered if anyone else has had the same experience.

 

[Sun Baked]

I know my HD icon moves everytime I reboot. Its odd, always wondered if anyone else has had the same experience.

Those are created every time a volume is loaded.

Restarting reloads the volume on restart/log in.

You may be able to get around it by creating your own alias to the drive and setting the prefs to only show removable volumes on the desktop.

 

[Eniregnat]

Following the ideas of and .

• From the desktop/FINDER
  *Arrange Current Desktop
  FINDER -> VIEW -> Arrange -> Size or Name
  *Arrange For Current Destop, Active Changes, and Next Boot
  FINDER -> VIEW -> Show View Options [Command]+[J]
  
  Snap to Grid ? Your choice- Me No
  Show Icon Preview?
  Keep arranged by? Select if you want- this can change the position of icons.​

If you using a networked drive or removable drive, the local host stores the icon location, but the icon image (similar to a stack of PNGs) is stored on the host media. The same holds true for individual files, applications, etc... The exception to this rule are the default icons/bezels that are part of the OS. (Oh and locked media.) Some are easy to change , and others require some pay/shareware or access to root to "permanently" change them. Edit system resources and change permissions at your own risk.

I have no idea why I added this last bit, but it here if you want to change look of your media icons.