Items+copied+to+Vista+desktop+do+not+show+up+there

If you copy certain items to the desktop on your Vista computer, you may not see them there even though they do show up in the Desktop folder if you open it. What is the root cause of that?

It seems this can occur if you have disabled the **Align to Grid** option for the desktop (Something that you may do because you want to be able to place your icons closer together than allowed by the grid). Unfortunately, the only solution seems to be re-enabling that feature. See KB article 943805 for more on this.

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