If you see white blank icons on Windows 11/10 Desktop, then it’s because the OS cannot load the icons attached to those programs and files.

Seeing a dotted square white border (Universal Focus Rectangle) around desktop icons is not a big thing. But if this occurs often & annoys you, see this post.

For starters, I’d check to make sure they’re not simply “hiding.” By default, Windows 7 displays only a few system tray icons; the rest can be found in a pop-up window that appears when ...