Windows 10: some .url shortcut icons are now blank and won't change to browser specific icons - windows 11

I have scoured the internet and can't seem to find a solution to this issue. I am using Windows 11 Home.All throughout my system there are .url shortcuts that show a blank icon. Not all of them, just some of them. It appears to be random, especially on the desktop. When I click on the icon it will open using my default browser. But the icon remains blank.- I have tried to change my default browser from Firefox to Chrome to Edge and back again, after rebooting the computer, but that doesn't help. In fact, when I change the default browser to Chrome the blank icons don't change and the icons sho

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Blank shortcut icon GPU-Z

It's not fixed, today my GPU-Z icon is a blank shortcut icon again..
And it says GPU-Z.exe does not contain an icon

 

Blank shortcut icon GPU-Z

Just installed the latest version of GPU-Z and I'm having that blank icon shortcut again...

 

Blank shortcut icon GPU-Z

I know I am quite late but as I was scrolling through I saw this post which happened to one of friend too. This sometimes happens with Windows. Usually a reboot will solve the problem. However if this doesn't, try setting the icon for the shortcut(right-click pinned icon, right-click program, left-click properties, select "change icon...") or refreshing it by switching to a different icon, applying it, and then reverting back to the original icon. Remove the shortcut from the taskbar and replace it with the start menu shortcut or simply drag the .exe file to the taskbar.