I use a Dell Latitude E5570, with an E-dock, bought it in Jan-17. When docked, I use a VGA display (Display 1). With only one display connected, I have the same desktop icons displayed as on the laptop, in identical positions. For a particular purpose, I wanted to connect a second VGA display (Display 2) to the E-dock, and tried to extend the display. The Latitude has a screen resolution of 1366 x 768; both VGAs are 1920 x 1080. Obviously, if the desktop on the laptop takes the full screen, it takes less than the full screen on the VGAs.
With both displays connected, the desktop icons ended up all over the place. A few icons were on Display 2, the icons on the Display 1 desktop bore no relation to how they were displayed (a) on the laptop, or (b) on Display 1 alone, docked. Disconnect Display 2, and the desktop on Display 1 reverted to my normal layout. Replace Display 1 with Display 2, and again the desktop was the normal layout. It was ONLY with both displays connected that the desktop icons were randomised.
With both displays connected, I did it the hard way, dragging-and-dropping the desktop icons to the normal layout, then right-click Refresh. My ideal would be to have my normal desktop layout on Display 1, and a blank desktop on Display 2. I tried doing a restart from a state where my icons were where I wanted them to be, thought that the restart would bring the desktop the way that I wanted it. But, no!
Has anyone experienced this? What can I do to impose “my” desktop arrangement? I find other people posting the same problem, but no very obvious solution. Others sound as frustrated as I feel.
Dell E5570 Latitude, Intel Core i5 6440@2.60 GHz, 8.00 GB - Win 10 Pro