Now drag and drop the desktop icons to how you want them.
You can leave Align to Grid ticked as this will keep them in evenly spaced rows.
Thanks for the reply Humpty! What I want to be able to is keep Auto Arrange clicked, but have all of the icons start lower, almost as if there is reserved a reserved horizontal space.
Right Click Desktop -> Properties -> Appearance Tab -> Advanced Tab -> Item(Drop Down Box)-> Icon Spacing. This setting controls the spacing of the Desktop icons. There is a setting for horizontal or vertical spacing. This might work.
Right Click Desktop -> Properties -> Appearance Tab -> Advanced Tab -> Item(Drop Down Box)-> Icon Spacing. This setting controls the spacing of the Desktop icons. There is a setting for horizontal or vertical spacing. This might work.
So close, yet so far away! Your idea almost worked!