desktop icons suddenly changed colors

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I seem to have done something that screwed up my Win 7 RC slightly, but I have no idea what it was. All of a sudden, the icons on the desktop (more precisely, icons for links, not actual files) change their colors at the last stage of the boot up. What I mean is that after I type in my password the desktop appears with all icons shown correctly. But then, as the machine finishes booting up - i.e. starts all the sidebar and anti-virus and other apps - at the last second the icons lose their colors. Sometimes later on they regain them - but again, I have no idea what causes it. If anyone has seen something similar, I would be grateful for a tip.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 530
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
CPU
Q6600
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster P2450
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Samsung HD103UJ
Samsung HD501LJ
Internet Speed
25 Mb/s
Try a system restore. Or delete your icon cache.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Made by Dixon Butz
OS
Win7 Win 10, Win 8.1
CPU
AMD FX-8350, Corsair H100i
Motherboard
ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z
Memory
16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 980, EVGA GTX 860
Sound Card
Denon x4200 Dolby AMOS!
Monitor(s) Displays
65" Samsung 4K, +3 27inch
Screen Resolution
4K, 1080x3
Hard Drives
2TB Samsung hd204ui

1X Samsung 850 SSD
PSU
1000w EVGA, 2000VA UPS, 1000VA UPS and many others
Case
Lian Li
Cooling
Corsair H100i
Keyboard
Logitech K800
Mouse
Logitech Couch Mouse
Internet Speed
Gigabit!
Antivirus
Defender
Browser
Slimjet Chrome
Deleting icon cache does not help - it actually helped once, but then everything became wrong again and now it does not help anymore.

Like I said before, the main problem that puzzles me is the following - during the boot process the icons first appear normal and then at the very last second change their colors. System logs do not seem to indicate what is happening at this point exactly.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 530
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
CPU
Q6600
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster P2450
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Samsung HD103UJ
Samsung HD501LJ
Internet Speed
25 Mb/s
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