Windows 10: No longer able to delete desktop.Icons, which no longer work

With the last update to W10’s most of my desktop icons no longer work, nor can I delete them. when you right click the icon you get the same tile as are you click in the middle screen, no properties, no delete, nothing to do with the icon. When you hover the cursor over the nonfunctioning icons there no highlight box around them. Everything works fine in the taskbar at the bottom. I keep the lesser used stuff on the desktop. None the methods I know of to delete them works. I had this happen occasionally with XP and there was a method buried somewhere to do this, but W10....???

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Store Live Tile no longer works

Sorry I didn't finish editing that post.

it's up there now post #6.

 

Windows 10 no longer display ANY icons??


After a reboot yesterday, windows 10 no longer displays icons.

I've tried...

• new user account
• deleting icon cache
• system restore

I have a screenshot attached.

Anyone have a clue what's happening?

 

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.