Files and Folders do not stay organized on a flash drive? Why?

Ok, so I don't have any of my icons locked because I like moving them around in a fashion that tends to group them together as well as non-nonsensical organization of ones that I use the most, favorite or whatever.
So I will organize the folder really nicely, and then close the folder and actually eject the flash drive from the macbook. Then when I go to insert the flash drive again, everything is back to the way it was. How do I fix this?
Here is a picture for reference of what it looks like every time I come back to it;
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/hatchbackmustang/Picture2-2.png?t=12263455 45
Thanks again,
Chris.

Hatchback Mustang wrote:
Ok, so I don't have any of my icons locked because I like moving them around in a fashion that tends to group them together as well as non-nonsensical organization of ones that I use the most, favorite or whatever.
So I will organize the folder really nicely, and then close the folder and actually eject the flash drive from the macbook. Then when I go to insert the flash drive again, everything is back to the way it was. How do I fix this?
Here is a picture for reference of what it looks like every time I come back to it;
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/hatchbackmustang/Picture2-2.png?t=12263455 45
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