Win 7 Desktop Icon rearrange on reboot my desktop icon

[pursuant]

About 3 days ago my desktop icons would no longer remain in place after rebooting.
I have been searching for solutions, I have unchecked auto arrange, i have unchecked let personalized desktop arrange your icons. I noted that this sometimes happens when there has been a crash ( I have had such an event). There is also suggestions to delete something in the registry. Everything I tried had no effect. (Didn't try the registry deletion though). I am sure there is some simple fix but it eludes me. I've even thought of third party programs for a solution but I'd rather not at this point.

Thanks

[Allan]

Not sure why it's happening, but I can tell you how to work around it. Download and install the latest release of iconoid (http://www.sillysot.com/download.htm). On the "positions" tab, click on "save positions" (after you have the icons set up the way you want them) and "automatically restore icon positions.....". In options, have it load with Windows. On the "hiding" tab, put a tick in "never hide".

[pursuant]

Thanks, appreciate the help. I'll keep the link handy but see if anyone can help me figure out a solution that doesn't require a 3rd party