Desktop Icons Locked (Stacked) on Hard Drive

[urbinajm]

For some reason, my desktop icons are stacked on my hard drive. I am able to drag the items to the trash or another folder but I cannot move them to another location on the desktop. I did check the "get info" on the desktop and the "locked" option is not checked. Any file that I download or save immediately appears in the top right corner of the desktop on top of the HD icon. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?

 

[JediMeister]

Try checking the view options, default keyboard shortcut is +J. Make sure the grid spacing isn't wonky, its typically 48x48 I think.

 

[urbinajm]

Desktop Icons Locked

Thanks! That helped..I messed with the grid and now the icons are not stacked, but I am still unable to move or drag and drop the icons. Any ideas?

 

[urbinajm]

Ah ha! Problem solved...for now anyway. Icons were arranged by "kind", I changed that setting to "none" and now they are free! Thanks a bunch!