White sheet overlay on desktop icons

[Tom R]

Several weeks ago, after a couple of updates and new apps were installed, my desktop icon have a white overlay as shown in the attached screenshot.
I have tried many online solutions but nothing has worked. I uninstalled the apps and some of the updates one at a time and checked after rebooting.
Didn't make a difference. it is only an annoyance as I have not encountered problems related to this condition.

Does anyone else have this problem? Or a solution?

Tom R.

 

[Bighorn]

When I've seen an icon covered, usually by another icon, I just right-clicked a blank area of the desktop and chose View then either Align to grid or Auto arrange icons. Sometimes just Refresh has worked.

 

[Tom R]

Thanks Bighorn.
Keys, that fix was one of many I have tried. I have tried just changing the icon picture for the shortcut but it doesn’t change.

Tom R

 

[Bighorn]

Right-click and Properties, should show the .exe/executable file or .bat/batch file the shortcut is associated with. Sometimes a shortcut icon will change if that referenced file is not found. Also on the Properties panel is Change icon, some programs have more than one icon available but if not it may default to some choices in the System32, shell32.dll file.


Might also try some of the tips about rebuilding the icon cache on these pages:

rebuild icon cache windows 11 at DuckDuckGo

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[Tom R]

Thanks again, Bighorn.
I have rebuilt the cache several times to no avail and when I change the icon, the white sheet just overlays the new image.

Tom

 

[RogerOver]

Is it only on the desktop ?
You could try to reset your desktop.ini files. See here for how to do that manually (Method 2) https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/...yed-with-the-standard-folder-icon-in-windows/ or use "Desktop.iniFix" (download link near the bottom of the page of the previous link, Step 2 under Method 2).
Otherwise you could also try "WinFileFolderDiag.cab": https://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/new/diagnose-and-fix-windows-file-and-folder-problems/

 

[Bighorn]

One more thing to check, do you see the same issue in your Desktop item under Home in the left/Navigation panel in File Explorer?