We all love our desktops and the way we arrange icons on it. Sometimes, the arrangement of the icons is lost either because something in the system changed or because you did with the right-click and sorted it. Many a time consumers have reported that their desktop icon rearranges after reboot. In either case, you lost the position of the icons. In this post, we will share a small software called Icon Shepherd which can restore desktop icon layout to the original location on the Windows 11/10 desktop.
Restore desktop icon layout to original position
Icon Shepherd is snapshot-based software that quietly monitors changes to desktop icons. It can be done by you or by anything on Windows. It can also track the addition, deletion, or renaming of icons. Once installed, it takes a snapshot immediately and then sits quietly in the system tray.
However, for Icon Shepherd to work as expected, you will have to make sure that Auto arrange icons option is enabled for your desktop. Auto Arrange settings arranged all the icons on their own.
To manually take a snapshot, right-click on the software icon and click on “Remember icons now.” If you made any changes, they will be remembered. If there are no changes, they will tell you that there is nothing to change.
The software also comes with some configuration. You can limit the maximum number of icon layouts to remember, i.e., snapshot, choose to restore defaults, and restore hidden messages. You can also restore the last used icon layout with a Computer start.
Icon Shepherd free download
While Icon Shepherd is free of charge, the developers request to use it only on one computer at home. You can use IconShepherd free of charge on one computer in your home, as long as you don’t use that computer for any business or employment-related tasks. Go get it here.
Related reads:
- DesktopOK lets you save, restore, lock desktop icons position and layout.
- D-Color is another tool you can use to save the current icon layout, restore earlier icon layout and more.
- IconRestorer lets you Save, Restore, Manage your Desktop Icon positions.
- Iconoid helps you better manage your Windows desktop icons.
