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 :

  • CellularTime
  • DiagTrack
  • PimIndexMaintenanceSvc
  • MapsBroker
  • SmsRouter
  • WpcMonSvc
  • SEMgrSvc
  • PhoneSvc
  • RemoteRegistry
  • RetailDemo
  • WerSvc
  • XboxNetApiSvc
  • XblGameSave
  • XblAuthManager
  • XboxGipSvc

reg edit edits:

  • AllowTelemetry
  • Enabled
  • SubscribedContent-338388Enabled
  • SubscribedContent-338389Enabled
  • HideFileExt
  • Hidden
  • LaunchTo
  • SoftLandingEnabled
  • SilentInstalledAppsEnabled
  • SystemPaneSuggestionsEnabled
  • GameDVR_Enabled
  • AppCaptureEnabled
  • PublishUserActivities
  • UploadUserActivities
  • Value

Any suggestions what could have happened, these are freshly installed windows 11

Posted Mar 27, 2026, 8:13 PM UTC

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