Why does windows 11 move my icons on my desktop?

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when I download a pic from my phone, or a file from somewhere else, I have always put it on my desktop - I have a lot of empty space on there as I don't like clutter. Windows 10 always just put it in the empty space, Windows 11 moves all of my icons and puts it in the top left hand corner, or moves something else to put it in it's place. Is there anyway to stop this happening? It is really frustrating, I have my icons/apps the way I want them, it's annoying to have to reset them every time I download something.I have the icons set to align with the grid but not auto arrange.

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