I reloaded my windows 10 creators machine from scratch this past weekend myself - thanks to Microsoft for now allowing you to launch narrator right after installation disk boots up - but, now on my new version of the desktop, for example, my user folder is not situated at the top left corner of the desktop, and, while this is not the end of the world, I am just somewhat used to hitting home key to focus on it, and, was wondering if anybody had tricks related to rearranging icons on the desktop?
As in, I know can play around with turning on/off grid view, auto-arrange, etc. via context menu on desktop area, and, can turn on/off some system icons via desktop display settings, but, when it comes down to trying to reorder icons in a certain order, unless I tried renaming all of them one at a time, and hoping auto-arrange would cooperate, am not sure what the simplest way to handle this is, and, if it's really possible without sighted help anyway?
Suppose could otherwise also try out drag-and-drop, working with golden cursor add-on, but, thought may as well first ask.
And, yes, this is not of major importance, but, was just wondering...<smile>
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile"

Hi Jacob, the following works for me:

On desktop, de-select all icons with control+space. Press application key, go to "sort by" and choose "name." This puts my user folder at the top. If it doesn't work the first time, repeat the process, which should reverse the process.

On 15/08/2017 10:25, Jacob Kruger wrote:

I reloaded my windows 10 creators machine from scratch this past weekend myself - thanks to Microsoft for now allowing you to launch narrator right after installation disk boots up - but, now on my new version of the desktop, for example, my user folder is not situated at the top left corner of the desktop, and, while this is not the end of the world, I am just somewhat used to hitting home key to focus on it, and, was wondering if anybody had tricks related to rearranging icons on the desktop?

As in, I know can play around with turning on/off grid view, auto-arrange, etc. via context menu on desktop area, and, can turn on/off some system icons via desktop display settings, but, when it comes down to trying to reorder icons in a certain order, unless I tried renaming all of them one at a time, and hoping auto-arrange would cooperate, am not sure what the simplest way to handle this is, and, if it's really possible without sighted help anyway?

Suppose could otherwise also try out drag-and-drop, working with golden cursor add-on, but, thought may as well first ask.

And, yes, this is not of major importance, but, was just wondering...<smile>

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile"

I reloaded my windows 10 creators machine from scratch this past
weekend myself - thanks to Microsoft for now allowing you to launch
narrator right after installation disk boots up - but, now on my new
version of the desktop, for example, my user folder is not situated at
the top left corner of the desktop, and, while this is not the end of
the world, I am just somewhat used to hitting home key to focus on it,
and, was wondering if anybody had tricks related to rearranging icons
on the desktop?

As in, I know can play around with turning on/off grid view,
auto-arrange, etc. via context menu on desktop area, and, can turn
on/off some system icons via desktop display settings, but, when it
comes down to trying to reorder icons in a certain order, unless I
tried renaming all of them one at a time, and hoping auto-arrange
would cooperate, am not sure what the simplest way to handle this is,
and, if it's really possible without sighted help anyway?

Suppose could otherwise also try out drag-and-drop, working with
golden cursor add-on, but, thought may as well first ask.

And, yes, this is not of major importance, but, was just
wondering...<smile>

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile"