Sometimes my maps and documents on my desktop are rearranged when I restart my computer

Sometimes my maps on my desktop are rearranged on the desktop when I restart the computer. Is there A way to go back to the original display and sort order?

That is a feature. Desktop folder acts as a holder folder.
When trouble shooting we move files to Desktop to keep the contents of the file as it is.

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    Try here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1524

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    Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
    Step 1
    The first step in dealing with a boot failure is to secure your data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since your last backup, you can skip this step.   
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    Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
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