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Problem with desktop icons

Hamface55
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Hello,

 

I have a problem with my desktop. My desktop was fine until I opened a game and then a bunch of my icons spilled over to my second and third monitor. I was confused as I had opened the game in 1080p which was the resolution of my monitor. The after I got out of the game they never went back over and now I have a gap between my taskbar and the desktop icons. I have searched through the settings and can not see what the problem is. Anybody know whats up?

 
Thanks, Dylan
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Blame Windows. It loves to fuck with your desktop icons when you have multiple displays. Happens to me quite often.
Try only having a single monitor open, see if the icons go back to where they were. If not, then you'll have to place them back manually.

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Just now, TetraSky said:

Blame Windows. It loves to fuck with your desktop icons when you have multiple icons. Happens to me quite often.
Try only having a single monitor open, see if the icons go back to where they were. If not, then you'll have to place them back manually.

That is what I tried to do. I moved my icons back to there correct spot. Now there is an icon size gap between my bottom icons and my task bar. It wont let me put anything there. 

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6 minutes ago, Hamface55 said:

That is what I tried to do. I moved my icons back to there correct spot. Now there is an icon size gap between my bottom icons and my task bar. It wont let me put anything there. 

Maybe you've increased/decreased the size of the icons in a little, using CTRL + mouse wheel? This does also screw up the icons on the display and also can create a gap.

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1 minute ago, TetraSky said:

Maybe you've increased/decreased the size of the icons in a little, using CTRL + mouse wheel? This does also screw up the icons on the display and also can create a gap.

Ok That work thanks!! I never new you could do that. I new you could do that with chrome but not desktop icons. Must have just done that by accident while moving the stuff over or something. 

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