Desktop icons keep moving to secondary monitor after reboot AND streaming with Apollo 0.46

[TixonXIV]

Hi everyone,

Problem: Desktop icons on my dual-monitor setup (2 physical + 1 virtual from Apollo 0.46) keep moving from primary to secondary monitor after every reboot AND after ending streaming sessions, even though primary display is correctly set in Windows settings.

Setup:

Windows 11

2 physical monitors + Apollo 0.46 virtual monitor

Apollo service disabled from autostart

Virtual display driver reinstalled (SudoVDA/PseudoMaker)

What happens:

Icons positioned correctly on primary monitor

Reboot → all icons move to secondary monitor (same positions as before fixes)

End streaming session → same issue, icons move to secondary monitor

Primary monitor stays correctly configured in Display settings

What I've tried:

Cleared IconCache.db and explorer iconcache_*.db

Disabled "Auto-arrange icons" and "Snap to grid"

Reinstalled SudoVDA/PseudoMaker virtual display driver

Disabled Apollo autostart via services.msc

Cleared Shell\Bags registry keys

Set monitors in correct physical order in Display settings

Disabled Fast Startup

Win+P → Extend/Only PC after ending stream

Current situation: Icons consistently move to secondary monitor both after reboots and after Apollo streaming ends. Problem persists even with Apollo fully closed.

Has anyone solved this with Apollo virtual displays? Looking for:

Way to prevent Windows from "remembering" wrong icon positions with virtual displays

Apollo 0.46 config to properly cleanup virtual display on shutdown/stream end

Registry/service fix for display configuration persistence

Known Apollo bug/workaround for icon layout corruption

Thanks!

[ClassicOldSong]

Unfortunately that's a Windows issue, Apollo does not touch your icons, it's simply creating virtual displays. You might see the same thing when you frequently plug and remove a physical display.

[TixonXIV]

Thank you...it's a pity that Windows is so buggy