Hi Kevin,
I noticed your posts on this issue over
here and
here besides your post above.
I hear you, and understand. fwiw my 7 installation does the same thing similarly, and you know it just might be normal...? although I don't like it either.
After seeing your replies to these other posts, and reading each OP reasons why posting about this issue in the first place, it reminded me that it bugs me too... and so I took a bit of time to see if I could make it better.
On mine this is what it does. After a reboot (not for a log off/on because that is fine and icons are solid throughout and do not refresh) ..but after a Reboot the desktop icons are there fine and solid right away, but, as it's finishing booting completely the desktop icons will 'quickly' refresh themselves in like a wave of the hand pattern, meaning it's not from the first to the last icon, but sort of randomly like a wave of the hand over them, but it's very quick; nevertheless I've always noticed it.
I booted to WXP and that does not do that at all, the icons come up straight away and are solid throughout boots completion.
For a test to see if I could get to the bottom of this, I restored my 7 C:\ partition back to near a fresh install state, and by golly yes it still does it there too and so that's why I think it 'may be' the way 7 is.
It doesn't matter if Aero is on or not, and doesn't matter if I uncheck Everything out of msconfig startup, it still does it. It's not too big of a deal, but sure I wish it didn't do it.
Now an interesting tidbit is that on 7 with IE8 if you're at any website, and you File> Send> Shortcut to Desktop of that website.. well that procedure happens just fine, but get this, on IE9 if you do that, as soon as the shortcut lands on the desktop, guess what, the desktop icons quickly refresh themselves! ...this bugs me more than the other I think. (sending a shortcut to desktop from Any item local is fine, it's just via IE9 it does it)
Yes the IconCache.db is fresh (using
Brinks own Rebuild_Icon_Cache.bat)
Yes the icon cache is set...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="4096"
I've tried dozens of things to resolve it, but it just may be normal; lets see I have only 24+ icons on the desktop, and also the desktop is set to view small icons, auto-arrange, and that's the way it's going to stay since I like it that way; however, to be thorough just testing with auto arrange unchecked, align to grid unchecked, sort by everything is unchecked, etc, it still does it ...so none of that matters...
Oh well, it's not a big deal, but sure I wish it did not do that little refresh dance at all, especailly that quirk on IE9 and a websites shortcut...
Edit:
Hey I wish the
Poll on this
Original Post was still active, I'd give it a Yes it Does for me too.
As you can see the Poll shows 12 to 1 that it does. I wonder if anyone else noticed also that if using 7 "IE9" that when at any Website, and you File> Send> Shortcut to Desktop of that website, if the desktop icons quickly refresh too?