Hi! I have more word documents ( .doc ) on my desktop. If i open it, and do some changes, and after saving and closing it, the file changes place on the desktop. If my file was placed on the the right side at the desktop, after editing it, it will be moved to the left side. It will always move to the left side. I also noticed that this problem only occurs if my word file is saved as .doc. If i save my file as .docx, then it's fine. I have Windows 7 Professional 32 bit installed. Can someone tell me, how to fix this? Thanks, kampi

Right-click Desktop under view uncheck auto arrange icons.

Dear Timothy! Auto arrange icons was never checked! And also this problem occurs only by .doc files. Any other file is staying on "his place" after editing and saving. kampi

Hi, Kampi Have you installed any 'desktop organisation tools' such as Stardock Fences?

Hi Luke! No, i haven't. Its just a simple Windows 7. In the meantime i also noticed, (however it may be not important) that this problemon also occurs on x86 and x64 too. But this problem is just with .doc files. .docx files are ok. If i open a .doc file, and edit it, and save it, the following happens: A word temp file will be created on my original .doc's file place, and the original will be moved to another position ( To the left side. ) kampi

Kampi, I have heard of this happening due to screen resolution on some machines, but not since Windows Vista. It would mainly occur on widescreen monitors with resolutions around 1600 × 900. Do you have a widescreen monitor? Does UAC or anything change the resolution when you attempt to save the document? Also, a clean boot may help you identify any software that may be causing it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 In the interim, this may help: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-windows-vista/ Luke

Hi Luke, Yes, i have a wide screen monitor ( Dell 2009W ) with a resoulotion of 1680x1050. However this happens also on a laptop ( Dell Latitude E6510 ) with a resulotion of 1600x900, so i don't think that the resulotion would be the problem. UAC is turned off. I tried the clean boot method what you said. I have turned off everything, but the problem was still persist, so i think this could be some problem with word, because if i edit and save a .doc file, then a .tmp file will be created on the place of my original file, and in the meantime the original file will moved to another location. It is interesting that on Windows XP this problem doesn't occured, not even a tmp file will be created and the .doc file stays on it position. Unfortunetly the second method what you mentioned is not a solution, because then every time a user opens a .doc file, then he/she has to restore his/her icons. kampi

Any other idea? No one? :(