Weird Paper/File Icon on Desktop

[Francis93]

Hello,

After refreshing, I get this weird paper/file icon on my desktop. It looks like a system icon. I tried to delete it and it asks me if I want to delete THESE ICONS from my desktop and if I want to restore it later, I must go to Control Panel. I clicked Yes and so it was deleted but after every refresh, it returns. I deleted it again, after refreshing it went back again and again. I want to get rid of this once and for all but I can't because it keeps on coming back after I refresh. Please help

Thanks.

Screenshot attached.

 

[WindowsUltimate]

Try going into safe mode and delete.

 

[flowingfire]

I just solved a similar problem-- not sure if it's the same one. Check out this thread: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/86095-non-existent-icon-stuck-desktop-cant-delete.html

Another good thread where I got my answers: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/62094-cant-delete-icon-desktop.html

The difference between my phantom icon and yours is that mine had a file-name and yours doesn't. The way I got rid of mine was as follows:

First, I opened a command prompt. Start->Type CMD into the search bar.
I then entered the following lines:
cd %USERPROFILE%\desktop
attrib -r -s -h "filename"*.*
del "filename"*.*

I only had to enter part of the file name-- not the whole thing. Perhaps what you could do-- since it looks like you don't have a file-name to work with-- is try backing up all your files from your desktop somewhere else so you don't delete them, and try entering like so without a filename: (I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but hey-- it's the idea right?)

cd %USERPROFILE%\desktop
attrib -r -s -h "*"*.*
del "*"*.*

This should delete everything on the desktop, no matter what it is...

Someone else suggested CCleaner: CCleaner - Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

 

[kucing13]

my solution is simple .. i go to folder option>>show hidden files>> show system process

then i go to desktop and i delete desktop.ini from there.