Unwanted desktop icons windows 8.1

MindyMarie

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May 31, 2014
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Suddenly all my desktop icons doubled. The duplicates are not useable. I cannot move them or delete them. I'm using Windows 8.1
 

MaiTriCks

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May 31, 2014
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Have you attempted to see if the desktop background wallpaper is just a screenshot of the actual Desktop?

This can be confusing to you because it will show duplicates of what you have on the desktop after moving icons around, since it is a picture of your Desktop.

Can you take a screenshot please and show it?
 

MindyMarie

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May 31, 2014
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I am embarrassed to say that's exactly what it was, I had two pictures of the same wallpaper. One with icons and one without icons. I feel like an idiot! I've been looking for solutions all day, then it finally dawned on me what I did.
Thank You for your reply.