[BobnBev]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Win10

Don't know what I did, but now half of my icons on my desktop have turned white.

[Stu from NYC]

Have you tried rebooting?

I would also run an anti virus and malware scan.

[dewilson58]

agree with reboot


also


sometime you just have to click on the icon and it re-sets itself

[Heyitsrick]

When desktop icons looked hosed - either blank or white, etc., it usually means your Windows "Icon Cache" has become corrupted. The Icon Cache is just a file Windows uses to quickly populate your desktop icons, vs. having to go to each program folder the icon represents on your desktop to find the appropriate icon graphic file. The Icon Cache file saves these graphics in one place, in other words.

Sometimes the Icon Cache file gets messed up. It could be from a non-traditional Windows restart. For example, you didn't gracefully shutdown the PC with Start/Shutdown, but perhaps the PC had frozen up and you had to manually shut the power off on it to get it to close, etc. Or sometimes the reason the Icon Cache file gets corrupted is just not known. The only thing you need to know is how to fix it if it does happen.

Watch this guy's YouTube video. Use his "Option #1" routine to fix this, as it's easier to do. Just note that when he says "you want to find your user name under Users", he chooses the "Admin" user name. Your user name will probably be the name you use to log into Windows with. My user name is "Rick" on my Windows 10 in the "Users" folder. So, select your user name, in other words.

Just follow his instructions closely, otherwise. After you've deleted the IconCache file as he shows, make sure you first empty the Recycle Bin, then reboot the computer.

Here's the YouTube video:

[villagetinker]

OP, is your problem fixed?

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

OP, is your problem fixed?

I'm afraid to try, I guess I'll just live with it.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

I'm afraid to try, I guess I'll just live with it.

When the virus is gone my nine year old grandson would be happy to stop by. He works cheap probably a candy bar or two would make him happy.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

I'm afraid to try, I guess I'll just live with it.

One thing you could try that would not be very risky is to use the "System Restore" program in Windows 10. It will restore your computer to an earlier time, before you had the problem. If it doesn't work, you can undue it. I have used it several times without any problems.

Also, have you tried deleting an icon, and then recreating it?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

One thing you could try that would not be very risky is to use the "System Restore" program in Windows 10. It will restore your computer to an earlier time, before you had the problem. If it doesn't work, you can undue it. I have used it several times without any problems.

Also, have you tried deleting an icon, and then recreating it?

How do you know what system restore will restore too? Is it possible other useful programs will go away at the same time?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

How do you know what system restore will restore too? Is it possible other useful programs will go away at the same time?

You select the date where you want your computer restored to. It's like a time machine. You will not lose data, but you will lose any software programs or settings that you changed after that date. But, the good part is that you can undo the restore, if you don't like what happened.

[Nucky]

I thought this Thread had something to do with recent events. White Out!

BobnBev, you can trust what these other posters have told you. They have helped with many computer problems before. Good Luck. You'll be fine!

[JoelJohnson]

Chris Titus (check him out at Chris Titus Tech or on YouTube) is a Windows expert. He switched to Linux for his personal machine, I switch too and will never go back to Windows.

Can't be any good - you say? Then why did IBM pay $34 Billion for a Linux company (Red Hat). Why is Microsoft supporting it now? Why do most of the major companies web sites run on it? The two astronauts flew to the space station and returned in a spaceship run on Linux.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Nucky

I thought this Thread had something to do with recent events. White Out!

BobnBev, you can trust what these other posters have told you. They have helped with many computer problems before. Good Luck. You'll be fine!

Well a suggestion was made that I found interesting and asked a question about system restore. It was answered and I learned something that mght be very valuable down the road.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

You select the date where you want your computer restored to. It's like a time machine. You will not lose data, but you will lose any software programs or settings that you changed after that date. But, the good part is that you can undo the restore, if you don't like what happened.

Thank you so much for the info.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Well a suggestion was made that I found interesting and asked a question about system restore. It was answered and I learned something that mght be very valuable down the road.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Neither do I. All is good. There is a whole lot of good info on here all the time.