Windows 10: Desktop is full of symbols and not in text

I have my desktop and all my notes/word etc are in symbols . how do i fix this?

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Erroneous symbols at the bottom left corner of desktop icons

I'm running Windows 10 with the latest updates. A few days ago, the icons for objects on the desktop changed appearance. The icons are correct but
all have a symbol at the bottom left corner:

• Shortcuts show the correct shortcut symbol
• All files erroneously show a shortcut symbol
• Almost all folders erroneously show a shortcut symbol
• Some folders erroneously show "X"

The icons for files and folders (including the Desktop folder) displayed using File Explorer are all normal.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

 

How to insert text symbols and special characters in windows

There are few ways to type symbols in Windows 10.

1 - Search "charmap" in windows search to find symbols. Character Map app will appear with a list of symbols.

2 - Use ALT key code to type text symbols.

3 - You can find almost all text symbols here: Text symbols and special characters

Best of luck.

 

Sync outlook contacts to Motorola M70 Symbol

I have a small business, with feild service techs. They all have Symbols. I have a contact list built in Outllook on my PC which I want to be able to sync to each Symbol. If I have 20 Symbols that sync to this one contact list in Outlook, wiould the following
senario be possible? Someone remove multiple contacts from device A, sync to the desktop (removing contacts on the desktop). Then someone else hooks up device B and contacts are removed from their Symbol. This is what I want to avoid. I want the contact
list on the desktop to be the most current. What ever is added or deleted to be pushed to the Symbols. I do not want someone with a Symbol to be able to delete or add contacts to this master list. I currently am trying Activesync 4.5, but I'm not sure this
will do what I want. Any suggestions?