Hard Drive Icon ReAranged when system restarts

When ever my PowerMac and iMacs are shut down/restarted the hard drive icon always seems to move to random places on the desktop. Is there anyway to fix this?

My screen seems to get a bit of reshuffle too. You might try using cmd (apple) down while you adjust things one at a time. That will lock them to the grid and maybe they will stay in place. I am not willing to restart to test it but I did see minor shifts in position, nice vertical array w uniform spacing, when I just tried it. See if that helps.
If so, I too like stars. Good Luck, JP

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