Icons won't stay on left of desktop

Hi,
I have a few icons that I like to keep on my desktop. I like to keep a few down the right-hand side of the desktop, and two or three on the left-hand side. Trouble is, with current settings, I can't get the icons on the left to actually stay at the very left-hand edge of the desktop. Those on the right are lined up right at the edge of the desktop, but those on the left are a good inch or more away from the L/H edge. If I move them nearer to the edge, they snap back into place.
I have the desktop set to arrange by snap to grid. If I change this to arrange by none, the problem goes away and I can put icons as far on the left as I want. But I'd rather have snap to grid on to kep things lined up neatly.
So to my questions: why does OS X keep icons away from the L/H edge of the desktop when set to arrange by snap to grid? And is there any way around it while keeping snap to grid on?
(If it matters, my screen resolution is 1680 x 1050.)
Thanks in advance,
Rob
Message was edited by: robgrayson

iBod,
OK, that seems to have done the trick. I had to play around with the grid spacing – there seems to be a setting somewhere just right of the middle of the scale that enables icons to be positioned almost at the L/H edge of the desktop.
Thanks for your help. One of those ultimately unimportant but nonetheless annoying little issues.
Rob

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