Home icon appearing on desktop when deleting files


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Sometimes when I delete a file that's on the desktop (or sometimes when copying a file to the desktop) I get this Home icon which only goes away after I refresh which also causes the files on the desktop to get rearranged to the left top side of the screen
 

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MK77P said:
Sometimes when I delete a file that's on the desktop (or sometimes when copying a file to the desktop) I get this Home icon which only goes away after I refresh which also causes the files on the desktop to get rearranged to the left top side of the screen
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Hi @MK77P ,

I have experienced the same issue.
It is quite inconsistent and unpredictable, making looking for the cause a real pain.
Sometimes a refresh is not even needed, opening a new explorer pane makes it go away.
I have noticed it more on 29683.1000 EXP. than on 26340.9750 26H2, but it could be just a perception.
 

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I had this happening until I rebuilt the iconcache.

C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local

Delete the file named IconCache.db

I also deleted the desktop.ini file from C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop

desktop.ini is a hidden file.
 

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Sometimes Home icon appears on my Desktop. It disappears after pressing F5 Now i am in Windows 11 25H2. It happened in 23H2 too. I dont remember well now but it also happened in Windows 10 too. Why it appears?
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i have fixed on desktop but it still appears in explorer window at desktop location
 

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I can simply say that I took the red pill and I am not happy with it.
KevTech said:
I had this happening until I rebuilt the iconcache.

C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local

Delete the file named IconCache.db

I also deleted the desktop.ini file from C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop

desktop.ini is a hidden file.
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Thank you for your suggestions. Sadly,
Rebuilding the IconCache database had no effects when I tried as the Home icon returned on two occasions shortly thereafter.
And deleting the two desktop.ini files is apart of my post installation cleanup.
It might be a coincidence but it hasn't happened on Dev since the new build on Friday.
It is no big deal.
 

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Feuer said:
i have fixed on desktop but it still appears in explorer window at desktop location
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} and delete the key.
(Maybe Export the key first, then delete it..., just in case!!! :wink:)

Same for Gallery, if you don't want it:
{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}
 

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