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How to Fix Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 10/11?


The solution is simple to Fix Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 11 and 10 and also on MS Windows Server!



Sometimes, nobody knows why, desktop icons in famous Windows 10 are no longer displayed correctly. You start up the Computer and where there used to be a nice Icons, suddenly you just see a blank desktop sheet. That's really annoying! The Solution to Fix Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 10!

Info: Unfortunately, the same thing happened on Windows 7 and 8.1!


1.) ... Resolve the Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 11/10!
2.) ... Other tips about Windows 10/11 Desktop Icons!




1.) Resolve the Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 10/11!

Please open the Window 10 Control Panel for example about Windows 10 search bar Windows-Logo + Q and enter "control"  and start the control pane.

And now easy enter in the search [F3] Explorer and open File Explorer Options! 

Select the tab View and  and set the corresponding check mark the "Show hidden files, folders and drives" option Show. Remove checkmark from "Hide Protected System Files (Recommended)" 
(... see Image-1) press OK Button!

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Fix Desktop Icons in Windows 10!

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Activate ego Execute  %localappdata%  (press the Waste key + R keys at the same time)
In  the Windows 10 Run Dialog press OK or [Enter] . A explorer window will open. Right-click and delete the file IconCache.db and Restart the computer. 

After the restart, all your icons should be displayed correctly again. Hopefully, Microsoft will release an official fix for this bug.

(Image-2) Fix Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 10!
Fix Bad Desktop Icons in Windows 10!

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2.) Other tips about Windows 10 Desktop Icons!


The Windows desktop is exactly what you see after you turn on the computer and log in to Windows 10. It can have many different icons, files ... 
► Remove transparent icons on the Windows 10 desktop? - SoftwareOK
If the desktop icons or shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed on Windows 10, please enable the option Show desktop icons!
► Desktop icons and shortcuts are not displayed in Windows 10?
The solution is simple and easy to change the desktop icons size in Windows 10 for every Windows 10 user ! Very large or too small icons on ...  
► Windows 10 desktop icons are so big, why, how to change this?
Windows 10 desktop icons are so big, why || Customize icon ... You can open the window Desktop Icons Settings via Windows-10 ...  
► Show My-Computer and Control Panel on Desktop in Windows 10?
Yes, you can save the position of the desktop icons even in new Windows 10 from Microsoft! With DesktopOK you can save desktop icons ... 
► Can I save the desktop icons layout on Windows 10 (position)?
To Customize icon spacing on the windows 10 desktop ergo the symbol distances! To reduce the icon / symbol distances at the desktop, there .  
► Customize icon spacing on the windows 10 desktop (symbol distances)




Updated on: 18 July 2023 16:07 Windows
Keywords: windows, 10, 11, ten, desktop, icons, solution, simple, fix, bad, app

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