Windows 7 save state of desktop?

[paradive]

every single morning i have to right-click the desktop -> "sort by" -> "type"

i know this is trivial and i apologize, but it's very annoying.
all the icons are haphazard, scattered, whatever...

isn't there a setting or something somewhere that'll save it's settings for the next boot?

 

[zvit]

Are you talking about right clicking the desktop and going to VIEW and choosing "Auto Arrange Icons" or "Align Icons to Grid"?