Windows 10 Black Squares on Desktop Icons

My desktop icons display black squares. Have tried removing Thumbnail cache in Disk Cleanup. Did not work.

GadgetDudeAsked: 2017-03-09

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RaminTechnical AdvisorCommented: 2017-03-09

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: 2017-03-09

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: 2017-06-01

The problem is related to Graphic Driver or corruption in icon cache.