If I open nautilus the icons suddenly move in an appropriate position. Look duplicate bug #1705285 for screenshots of before and after opening nautilus.
** Tags added: julyshakedown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1696621 Title: Desktop icons slip under the top bar after logging in Status in GNOME Shell: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Desktop icons slip under the top bar after logging in again. If I place icons on the desktop in Gnome Shell they look fine, until I log out and log in again. On the second login they have moved half under the top bar. The same problem is visible in the Ubuntu live session starting with 20170607. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1696621/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp