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Every time I move an item on the desktop into a subfolder it reorders all icons on the desktop. Also newly created folders or files are placed at a random position rather than where I right clicked. Also I can select multiple items but not move them. All of this is very annoying and confusing.

How do I fix this? I already tried digging in the dconf editor but wasn't able to find any settings for the desktop there.

Pablo Bianchi
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  • You probably hit [this bug](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-flashback/-/issues/41). Unfortunately, the [GNOME team decided to remove desktop icons](https://markperez.dev/blog/organize-desktop-icons-ubuntu/), so we can expect more bugs on this regard. I suggest you forget using desktop icons or move to another desktop environment. – Pablo Bianchi Jun 12 '21 at 19:47
  • Wow this is frustrating. One more reason to move to a new distro soon I guess. – Kyo Kazuto Jun 12 '21 at 19:51
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    See if this gnome-shell extension helps... https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2087/desktop-icons-ng-ding/, you may also have to uninstall the original `Desktop Icons` extension (gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons), or you'll get double icons. – heynnema Jun 12 '21 at 20:06
  • Thank you, @heynnema I already found that and it works great except it doesn't integrate with nemo. But I'll take that for now. Also, disabling the Desktop Icons extension was enough. – Kyo Kazuto Jun 12 '21 at 20:08
  • Does this answer your question? [Basic desktop actions are not available on Ubuntu 20.04](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1231413/basic-desktop-actions-are-not-available-on-ubuntu-20-04) – N0rbert Jun 13 '21 at 07:21
  • If you use nemo filemanager, then let nemo handle the desktop icons instead of a gnome shell extension. – vanadium Jun 13 '21 at 11:38

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