Suggestions for fixing desktop
Hello guys, i have a problem and I'm looking for solutions that could help.
Problem: Desktop wallpaper works perfectly for some time than suddenly when i put my mouse over an icon it's background turn black in short amount of time my whole desktop turns black. After resetting explorer.exe using command below:
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
del /a /f /q "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
del /a /f /q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"
del /a /f /q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache*"
start explorer.exe
The desktop fixes it's self but shortly after it turn black again.
My tries:
Tried reinstalling NVidia drivers. Nothing changed
Tried the command show on top, but it's a temporary short fix
After reinstalling my windows i did some disabling of services
disabled services :
CellularTimeDiagTrackPimIndexMaintenanceSvcMapsBrokerSmsRouterWpcMonSvcSEMgrSvcPhoneSvcRemoteRegistryRetailDemoWerSvcXboxNetApiSvcXblGameSaveXblAuthManagerXboxGipSvc
reg edit edits:
AllowTelemetryEnabledSubscribedContent-338388EnabledSubscribedContent-338389EnabledHideFileExtHiddenLaunchToSoftLandingEnabledSilentInstalledAppsEnabledSystemPaneSuggestionsEnabledGameDVR_EnabledAppCaptureEnabledPublishUserActivitiesUploadUserActivitiesValue
Any suggestions what could have happened, these are freshly installed windows 11
Posted Mar 27, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC
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