Icon rearranges automatically

My icon just rearranges automatically..everytime I restart...what is this? I thought theres no error in mac..
it's been doing this for few months..I had no problem past 2-3 years....everytime I restart..it does this...this is so annoying..
I know when I used window..there wasn't problem like this...
I've tried deleting ds_store and arrange automatically none....

rkdmen wrote:
I've tried deleting ds_store and arrange automatically none....
Sorry you can't delete me, I'm eternal.
Now I can recommend two ways to fix your issue, one is the easy GUI way, which you download the free OnyX for your OS version and run the ds_store rebuild.
or you can use the Terminal, which someone else recommended and works good too, but OnyX has a lot more features you might find comes in handy.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/index.php
Look under the Maintenance > Rebuild for Display of Folders content (the Desktop is a folder)
You might also like the free Tinkertool

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