Files move on desktop

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tdemarco

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Jaguar 10.3.8: For the last few weeks I've noticed files moving around on my desktop. It typically happens when I start or restart. What can I do to keep them from wandering?
 
I've had this happen before. Typically it's because of a corrupted file. Try restarting off the system install CD and repair the disk. This often fixes the problem for me.
 
How do you view your desktop? Are your icons arranged by date or name or size? If they are arranged by date and you edit one of them, it's going to move around in your hierarchy.

Let us know how you have your desktop view set. :)
 
Convert: Sorry, I did mean Panther (got my animals mixed). Yes, I have repaired permissions. Now that I look more carefully, I see that files are sometimes moving around in folders other than the desktop. What happens is that a file moves from where I placed it -- obviously I'm in icon view -- to where it would be if it were dropped into the folder from the outside.

Natobasso: I have no view options set. The default is that icons should stay where I place them. They usually do. Sometimes they don't.
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Have you tried trowing out the Finder Preferences? They are is Users->Your User Name->Library-> Preferences, then throw out com.apple.finder.plist . Then log out or Restart. When the Mac comes back up, mosey on over to the Finder Menu View->Show View Options, then choose the way you want the icons to snap to grid or not.
 
Some applications will move your files around.

Example: Photoshop. When saving a file, Photoshop actually creates a new file then deletes the old. So the icon of the new file is actually in a different place from the one it actually replaces.

Could this be the cause of your walking icons?
 
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