Why do my desktop icons get re-organized when I Remote Desktop in?

Whenever I remote into my work computer from home or vice-versus the shortcuts, folders and files get reorganized which is extremely frustrating since I often group things into clusters on my desktop.

While the resolution of the two systems are different, I always make sure to keep everything on the higher resolution system within the confines of the resolution for the smaller.

Does anyone else have this problem and find it annoying? Does anyone have a solution or suggestion?

Solution 1:

Work around; use application/plugin to restore the layout.

I am a big fan of Desktop Fences, which creates labelled groups of icons with persistent positions.

There's also "Remember Desktop Icon layout" reg addon to WinXP+.