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TeraCopy doesn't place files in the correct position on desktop

I'm using TeraCopy 3.17 on Windows 10. I'm not sure if it is even possible to fix this, but whenever I move a file from a folder to the desktop, the file is placed in the first empty space found in the grid, rather than the exact position where I dropped it, as Windows File Explorer does.

A quick search led me to this post, but unlike what the top answer states, the icons positions on my computer are stored in the IconLayouts registry key, rather than ItemPosXXXxXXX.

I'm guessing that the position of new icons will have to be calculated based on the cursor's position when the transfer started, and the desktop boundaries might also have to be taken into account, which would probably make matters more complex. Hopefully I'm missing an easier solution.

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