Windows 10: My desktop icons have become black squares, every single Icon, besides my Recycle Bin.

I've tried rebuilding the Icon Cache, and changing Icons, but nothing seems to work. When I open my folders, the Icons are there, but not on the desktop, even when I refresh my desktop.

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Missing desktop icons and recycle bin

No problems on the current Windows 10 on three computers I have running dual screens. Desktop Icons only appear on the primary screen.

All icons including the Recycle Bin not showing. The Recycle Bin could be the cause.

There was a bug / glitch during the Insider Preview builds that would flash up a message saying the Recycle Bin was corrupted or missing.

It seems that the Recycle Bin attempts to build a list of recycled files on all the drives on the computer. If the recycled files id is out of sync, that caused the bin to fail.

Suggest:

Copy some files; then delete them; then reboot and see if the Recycle Bin appears.

 

Putting the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop.

Hi Nicholas,

Recycle Bin is a temporary storage that contains files that have been deleted but not yet permanently erased, allowing you to restore these files. To show
Recycle Bin on Windows 10 desktop, kindly follow these steps:

• Go to Control Panel by pressing Windows + X
  and clicking Control Panel.
• Click Appearance and Personalization and go to Personalization.
• Click Change desktop icons and check the box beside Recycle Bin.

Should you have more concerns, feel free to post.

Regards.

 

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.