Windows 10: Ghost icons appear for split second then disappear

Discus and support Ghost icons appear for split second then disappear in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; [img] This keeps flickering periodically on my screen and I cannot for the love of everything find anything about why or how to fix it. It is... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Skyler12, Nov 23, 2020.

  1. SKYLER12
    Skyler12 Win User

    Ghost icons appear for split second then disappear


    Ghost icons appear for split second then disappear [​IMG]


    This keeps flickering periodically on my screen and I cannot for the love of everything find anything about why or how to fix it.

    It is essentially a picture or clone of part of my desktop icons.

    I checked for updates.

    Windows version 1909

    :)
     
    Skyler12, Nov 23, 2020
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  2. 74YYUIO
    74yyuio Win User

    Ghost icons appearing on desktop

    Very recently, I have gotten over 40 ghost like icons on the desktop, intermingled with the normal icons. I have moved the regular icons to one side of my monitor with the new ones on the left side. I call them ghosts because they are somewhat blurry and the notations are difficult to read. Some titles are routine ones, but others unknown. Also two of them have a pirate and bones and are called crossbones (which I have never seen before. I have run Malwarebytes threat scan with no results, and I ran Norton Security Suite complete computer scan overnight. Norton found several pages of unwelcome items which were removed, but on rebooting, the ghosts were still there. There is no reaction when clicking in these icons, they are not movable, but when clicked on and cursor moved, lines are dragged as in a capture program, but they disappear when the mouse is stopped. Has anybody had an experience like this, and if so, how was it handled? Any help will be appreciated. If this is an unknown, I will next try a system restore. Thanks.
     
    74yyuio, Nov 23, 2020
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  3. DOUGPOWERS
    DougPowers Win User
    I have a second "ghost" desktop in Windows 10. I do not know where or when it appeared and cannot get rid of it. How do I get rid of it?

    Recently, a "ghost" desktop has appeared on my computer. It shows a list of a number of website tabs behind my desktop icons. Clicking on the exit "X" does not get rid of it. Nothing seems to get rid of it. Can anyone suggest a solution?
     
    DougPowers, Nov 23, 2020
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  4. EIDAIRAMAN1
    eidairaman1 Win User

    Ghost icons appear for split second then disappear

    Split Second

    I wouldn't doubt it's good, I think this game will be on my list of games to get for the new PC later this year.

    Games for new machine
    Split Second
    Street Fighter 4 (Super if it ever comes to PC)
    HAWX (Demo was playable on my current machine)
    BattleField Bad Company 2
    COD WAW
    More to come...

    New Machine Recommendations
     
    eidairaman1, Nov 23, 2020
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