Desktop Icons Arrangement/Location

Please excuse me, but I have been searching and cannot find an answer...which I am pretty sure is here because its basic.
How can I change the alignment of my desktop icons. They are all on the right and I would like them in another area of the screen. How can I lock them there?
Thanks and I apologize about the elementary question.
S

You can Label them by right-clicking in the folder and choosing a Label color.
And you can change their color completely by using something like http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15288/folderbrander.
Or if you can find a set of colored folders online, you can change them manually by using this method.
http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2007/06/changing-folder-icon.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2493 - This link is down it seems.
Thanks for the "Solved", but I think leroyduoglas is the one who should've gotten it

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