[daniel1212]

"I use Open Shell on all Win10 boxes, so I tried it, with partial success, on W11. I also (throwback to XP), use a Quick Launch toolbar, rather than the idiotic pinning stuff to the taskbar. This works fine in 7 and in 10 with Open Shell, and kind of worked in 11, but it kept screwing up the setup and I’d have to correct it on every reboot (messed up the toolbar order and I think maybe turned name display back on). No dice, and also no dice to those stupid tiles or whatever the current name is for those square shortcuts on the desktop."

Yes, and forget about arranging your own desktop icons, but your issue is why i posted "there is Explorer Patcher that restores the Windows 11 taskbar to be exactly like Windows 10, while Windows 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (I am using the beta ver.) provides more customization."

Good to know another "tweaker" is here.

[minnesota_bound]

#60 To lock the icons in place you can use either or both:

Iconoid - just right click and manage Desktop Icons> Save or Restore Icon Positions
https://sillysot.com/

DesktopOK 9.81 - Open then click on Save or Restore
http://www.softwareok.com/?Download=DesktopOK