Windows 10: Square line in desktop icons

Discus and support Square line in desktop icons in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello! I'm not sure if this is a bug or just an issue affect my PC, but every icon on my desktop has a square-shaped line on the bottom left. In the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by RobertoSAGuedes, Oct 21, 2015.

  1. Square line in desktop icons


    Hello! I'm not sure if this is a bug or just an issue affect my PC, but every icon on my desktop has a square-shaped line on the bottom left. In the attached image, you can see Steam games, but it affects other shortcuts as well (I just tested with Word, for example).

    Is this known? If so, any possible solutions?


    Square line in desktop icons [​IMG]


    :)
     
    RobertoSAGuedes, Oct 21, 2015
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  2. icons

    Drag any of the "square" icons you want from the start menu to the desktop and then right click on the original square icon and remove it.
     
    Bruce Hagen, Oct 21, 2015
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  3. Windows 10 desktop Icons are blotted with small black square

    Original title: My desktop Icons are blotted out with a small black square in them in Windows 10

    My desktop Icons are blotted out with a small black square in them in Windows 10
     
    MarianneCusick, Oct 21, 2015
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  4. Ztruker Win User

    Square line in desktop icons

    Not seeing anything in the picture you posted.
     
    Ztruker, Oct 22, 2015
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  5. This is normal and should disappear if you move the cursor off the icon into an empty space on the desktop and left click once. Or, just move off the icon with cursor.
     
    lopedoggie, Oct 22, 2015
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  6. Using Paint.NET's brush, I painted over the lines in all three icons. Can you see it now, comparing both pictures? If I were to guess, this line was supposed to cover the whole icon, but it doesn't.


    Square line in desktop icons [​IMG]
     
    RobertoSAGuedes, Oct 22, 2015
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  7. Not the same. That would actually cover the whole icon, like this:


    Square line in desktop icons [​IMG]


    This happens in every icon on my desktop, even when not highlighted or with the cursor in the way.
     
    RobertoSAGuedes, Oct 22, 2015
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  8. Square line in desktop icons

    Uninstall and then reinstall graphics driver with the latest driver. If you already have the latest driver, just uninstall it through device manager and reboot the computer, it will install the graphics driver for you again and this may correct the problem.
     
    lopedoggie, Oct 22, 2015
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  9. OK, I will try that. Since it's extremely late now, I'll do it tomorrow and see what happens. Until then, just another information I just remembered: back in August, I tried a bigger size of text, apps and others on the Display Settings, but quickly reverted it. I'm not sure if I had this issue before that, but I wonder if that could be related somehow? Right now, I'm back to the 100% setting.
     
    RobertoSAGuedes, Oct 22, 2015
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  10. fracking4oil, Oct 22, 2015
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  11. This is caused by using certain tweaking tools/software or registry hacks to remove the shortcut arrow. Sometimes the software or reg/hack will remove the arrow but leave the transparent overlay (which is the thin blue square you see). I think I used winaero tweaker to remove my shortcut arrow without leaving the blue squares. Or, you could try this. Good luck.
     
    dnasystems, Oct 22, 2015
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  12. Oh, this worked. Thank you so much!
     
    RobertoSAGuedes, Apr 4, 2018
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