Windows 10: Windows 10 desktop icons become huge tiles on boot

Hi folks,


Running Windows 10 on a Dell laptop, we've recently experienced a strange problem. Normally, icon size is set at SMALL, and this laptop has perhaps 30 or more icons on the desktop.


On cold boot (power up) in the morning, for two mornings in a row, we've had the icons come up the same size but in a tile of desktop space that is about five times the space -- instead of being spaced a few pixels apart, they are inches apart. Rebooting (not fast rebooting) causes the proper icon behavior to come back, and it stays fine the rest of the day.


Dual monitors (laptop plus one extra) using a DisplayLink adapter -- which had not been behaving this way before.


"Allow themes to control icons" is off.


BTW, another Windows 10 Dell laptop in the house, same model DisplayLink adapter, running two external monitors, is not (cross my fingers) showing this problem.


Ideas?


Thanks.

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