Windows 10 Black Squares on Desktop Icons

My desktop icons display black squares. Have tried removing Thumbnail cache in Disk Cleanup. Did not work.
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RaminTechnical AdvisorCommented:
you need the latest Graphic card driver.
or go to device manager to uninstall, then select scan for hardware change  and restart.
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John TsioumprisSoftware & Systems EngineerCommented:
Well it seems there a lot of reasons why this might happened and accordingly solutions
  • Video Card Driver...update it
  • Some corruption in icon cache...
Using elevated command prompt
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer 
attrib –h 
thumbcache_*.db 
del thumbcache_*.db 
start explorer

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  • Some bad reg settings
This tool Vista Overlay Shortcut Manager  seems to has done the trick for some..just select different shortcut arrow each time and test
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RaminTechnical AdvisorCommented:
The problem is related to Graphic Driver or corruption in icon cache.
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