SOLVED I want to unlock the desktop icons so I can move them around manually but the instructions wont work

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How do I unlock the desktop icons so I can move them manually. I clicked on view, took of the checkmarks where indicated, and I still cannot move them around manually. How can I move them around, delete them, or realign them or whatever?
 
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Was that the view you have after right clicking the desktop?
If so, then UNticking
Auto arrange and
Align to grids, should do it?
 
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Thanks, all of you, for trying to help. None of the suggestions worked by themselves, but I finally decided to just completely reboot my computer after removing the check marks from both the auto arrange and align to grids after a couple of hours and the complete reboot plus the above unticking finally did the trick. Thanks again for responding.
 
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Thanks, all of you, for trying to help. None of the suggestions worked by themselves, but I finally decided to just completely reboot my computer after removing the check marks from both the auto arrange and align to grids after a couple of hours and the complete reboot plus the above unticking finally did the trick. Thanks again for responding.
I should have added, that I now can move all of the icons manually, as well as delete those I do not want anymore, etc.
 

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