Remote Desktop Re-arranging Desktop Icons

I have a Windows 8.1 Pro desktop customized with the Control Panel | Personalization | Display option to smallest possible size for desktop icons. This works well enough for a login by console.
As soon as I connect by Remote Desktop, the arrangement of icons on the desktop is completely scrambled. Is there any way to remember the arrangement of desktop icons and have these be the same for both console and remote desktop connections to Windows
8.1?
Will

Hi Will,
"Dynamic scaling level update" is a new Windows 8.1 feature.
Remote Dsktop Connection now also updates the scaling level in the remote session to match the client-side configuration. you must change it on the local PC and it will automatically be updated in the session.
Karen Hu
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