As time goes by using a Windows– based computer , users tend to adapt it to our personal needs. This refers to a wide variety of uses, not just the operating system, but the applications we install and use.
At the same time, as we have told you on some occasions in the past, we also try to customize Windows to the maximum. With all this what we achieve is to have a team more suitable for what we are looking for, while gaining in productivity . This is something that can be extended to many sections of Windows, both functional and aspect.
Adapt Windows to your needs for greater productivity
In fact, it is Microsoft itself that increasingly puts at our disposal a greater number of functions that are helpful in doing this. Thanks to all this, we personalize the work environment to the maximum, which benefits our performance. Many make use of such useful elements as the wallpapers, the predominant colors in the system, the order of the Start menu , etc.
At the same time, another element that we make a lot of use in this regard is the Windows taskbar . This allows us to place and manage all those applications that we use frequently to have faster access to them.
However, in these lines we want to focus on objects that are present in almost all Windows, but to which we do not usually pay much attention. We talk about the icons that we use to access applications and functions on a daily basis.
What’s more, these are widely used in an element of the importance of the desktop in Windows, in addition to most operating systems . Here we place shortcuts in the form of icons to folders, documents , photos, programs etc. However, as surely many of you have been able to see first hand, these desktop icons in Windows tend to rearrange themselves. What’s more, this is an error that has been occurring for a long time and versions of the operating system. Regardless, there doesn’t seem to be a really effective solution to this instant reorganization of desktop icons at the moment.
Use DeskLock to avoid the problem of icon organization
This is something that can become especially uncomfortable if we make use of a good amount of these items on the Windows desktop. Therefore, in the event that you are fed up with this failure that we are talking about, we have several solutions. We can always go back to the initial order by hand, dragging with the mouse , or reinstall Windows. However, none of these are particularly eye-catching or comfortable for most.
It is for all this that in these lines we will talk about an alternative solution, faster and easier. Specifically, we are referring to the use of a third-party application called DeskLock . This is an application whose main objective is to prevent desktop icons from rearranging themselves. For this, what it does is to lock the current position of the icons so that they do not move alone.
How the icon lock program works
For this, the first thing we do is download the program from the official website of its creator , and run it. At this time the application will block all icons on the desktop . Therefore we can no longer drag and drop them to change their position. At the same time, any new items added to the desktop will be placed in the next available space on the grid.
Therefore we can use DeskLock to locate these elements to our personal taste, and then put it into operation. The program is located to the right of the system taskbar , from where we can activate or deactivate it.
But that’s not all, since we can also make use of a series of keyboard shortcuts that we can customize for this same task . To do this we just have to click on the mentioned program icon with the secondary button, and select Settings. Thus, in the new window that appears we will already have the opportunity to specify the new own key combinations.
With all this what we avoid is that in Windows 10 , the icons change places when users move the windows, or we expand them. This is something that is also common when we add new elements to the desktop, connect another screen , or move elements between them.
To say that we are going to achieve all this in a completely free way, since DeskLock is a program without any cost. It also does not require installation in the operating system itself, so once we run it, it hardly consumes resources in the background.
