Desktop icons moving after restart

[dix]

Everyday when I start my Mac (M1 MBP) the desktop icons on one of my displays have moved to a display where I don't want them. I can select and drag them all to where they should be, but it's gd annoying. Is there anyway to keep those suckers from migrating? The internet hasn't offered a solution, so I thought I'd ask here. Thx!

[mikehalloran]

Desktop icons default to your Main Display and I don't know you can change that. What you can do is change your Main Display in System Preferences/Displays so that your MBP is now an Extended Display while your additional monitor is now a Main Display.

[James Steele]

I have similar issue in that sticky notes placed on my secondary monitor always return to my main monitor on next boot. Weird.

[dix]

Desktop icons default to your Main Display and I don't know you can change that. What you can do is change your Main Display in System Preferences/Displays so that your MBP is now an Extended Display while your additional monitor is now a Main Display.

Thanks for responding!

The Main Display and the MBP (as an extended display) icons stay where I want them. It's the icons on Display 3 and that move to Display 2 each day. I've tried swapping their cables and rearranging them in the Display prefs, but the OS seems to insist on moving the Display 2 icons to Display 3 everyday.

I guess the Display pref assigns the #2 and #3 displays based on their position maybe? I can't find a way to reassign those numbers. If I could I think that'd fix this.