Windows 10: Icons on desktop invisible, how to make them visible again?

This is one of those crazy windows things... All of a sudden, I can't see any of the icons on the desktop. I can confirm that they are still there, just by checking the desktop folder in Explorer. Also, if I drag across the desktop and accidentally grab an icon, it shows as a ghosted version. But as soon as I let go it disappears like the rest.


Seriously, what the heck? Before it was the start button and menu that became dysfunctional after switching language inputs, now this? The OS is not exactly cheap, one would expect it not to never fail on such _basic_ things.


OK is there a solution?

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Remove Linux Desktop Icons

I am not sure whether this will work (Ubuntu does not have icons like that on the desktop by default), but I suggest opening the trash bin and sweeping the icons into the window showing the trash bin.

 

Invisible Icon on desktop turns black


I wanted to display a brief text message on the desktop, so (cleverly) created a shortcut, then changed the title to my string and found an invisible icon in Imageres.ico. Worked great until I restarted explorer. The invisible icon became black and would not change until I replaced it. Perhaps the invisibility of the icon cuts through the desktop image?

 

Invisible Icon on desktop turns black

And shows in background color. I tried that in W7 too and never worked like it used to in XP.