Changing desktop "order"

erry Christmas!!!!
I use 2 monitors - is it possible to have icons/folders/files on the desktop go from left to right? instead of starting on the right of the left monitor and then continuing on the right of the right monitor?
I've looked in preferences but don't see anything that addresses this
and putting the dock on the top of the right monitor would be handy for my particular 'work-flow-

I have similar problem (described in: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5523444) but I observed the desktops changes in normal work (without sleep)

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