Windows 10: Desktop squares around the icon appear after clicking on random spot, is there a fix?

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The icons appear to have a square layer of random pixels over them

Suddenly a few of my desktop icons look strange. The interesting thing is that some of the icons like image files and other file's icons are still fine, the files on the desktop like computer, mozilla, vlc player which are on the desktop seem to be affected
The icons appear to have a square layer of random pixels over them. I've tried to find the issue on the net, but don't seem to find an answer. Can someone help?

i found a thread on microsoft which had the same problem and got resolved by a step:

Desktop icons pixelated with random colors

i tried uninstalling avast which i had but didn't help. please someone help.!

im attaching an image:

 

Help! Random desktop scrollbar appeared


Hi,
After last night my icons were suddenly arranged as if in list mode (as if you had clicked ctrl+alt+6 on the desktop)
now that its been put back, then this random scrollbar has appeared to the right and i cannot seem to get rid of it, please help !





Cheers,
Patrick

 

opening icons on desktop

Hello Evaine,

We still can't identify the possible causes of this desktop icon issues you're experiencing. To get a closer look at the root cause, we need additional information. Kindly answer the following questions below:

• Are you also experiencing the same issue when clicking any icons on the Start menu?
• Does the issue still the same when using another mouse? How about using your mouse on another computer?
• Is it also possible to send us a screenshot when the white square box appears after you double click the desktop icon?
• Have you also tried performing a hardware troubleshooter? If you still haven't, just follow the steps below:

Hardware Troubleshoot

Windows has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with hardware and devices. We would suggest that you run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your mouse.

Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key +X, select Control panel
• Change the view by option on the top right to Large icons
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel
• Run the Hardware and devices troubleshooter

We look forward to your reply.