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Sakura_01 Posted messages 118 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
Sakura_01 Posted messages 118 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

Since this morning, my computer is doing something strange. When I hover the mouse over an icon on the desktop, a black square background appears around that icon.

Whether I double-click or click elsewhere in the empty space on the desktop, it doesn't go away. It's ugly and I'm not sure it's normal...

No updates have been made that could be related.

This is Windows 11 (still version 24H2), Dell desktop.

Looking online, I see that sometimes people talk about a corrupted cache issue. Could that imply a possible virus? I didn't do anything particular this morning, aside from opening 3 PDF files (two for insurance quotes after a call and one proof of residence from my electricity/gas provider).

If anyone has a solution to make this disappear, please. Thanks in advance.


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    kaneagle Posted messages 86298 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   14 691
     

    Hello,

    Press Windows + X
    Select --> Terminal (administrator) and confirm

    Type these 2 commands and hit enter each time:

    del /f /q %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_*.db

    start C:\Windows\explorer.exe

    Restart the PC.

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  2. fabul Posted messages 42283 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 092
     

    Hello to you,

    If it's not enough, create a .txt file and rename it .bat or Save As in text type (Type: All files) with the end of the name as .bat instead of .txt

    taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
    cd /d %userprofile%\appdata\local
    attrib -h -r -s iconcache.db
    del iconcache.db /q
    cd /d %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
    del *.* /q
    start %windir%\explorer.exe

    And run it as an administrator

    It is not necessary to restart Windows afterwards, since the explorer is restarted at the same time by the .bat file

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  3. Sakura_01 Posted messages 118 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   3
     

    Well, I think I found the solution and it's something really stupid that I wouldn't have thought of. Last night, just before shutting down the PC, I moved the image of my wallpaper into the "Pictures" folder instead of leaving it in "Documents"; apparently, that was enough to trigger this startup bug on the PC this morning.

    I put the image back in "Documents" and knock on wood, things have been better for a little while now.

    Thank you for your responses :) I hope I won't need to do these manipulations.
    Have a great day!

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