Random ICONS disappear after a restart. After recreating the shortcuts, other shortcuts just vanish.

Hi, Please visit Desktop shortcuts disappear in Windows 7 to check the result. The issue can be caused by some scheduled tasks that helps you to clear the shortcuts. Another workaround is to go into the Task Scheduler>Microsoft>Windows>Diagnostics and disabled this task. It's a scheduled task that removes the icons. Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

First, I would like to confirm when the issue began to occur. Have any new programs or hardware installed on the computer? Let's refer to the following steps to troubleshoot the issue. 1. Restart the computer in Safe Mode and check whether the problematic icon can display normally. Please tell me the result. 2. If the icon can display fine, you can perform a Clean Boot to avoid incompatible third party programs. 3. Reset Desktop icon cache a. Click Start, and open Computer. b. On the Tool bar, click Organize and choose Folder and Search Options. c. Click the View tab, and check to select the Show hidden files and folders option, and click OK. d. Then, enter the following directory: C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Local e. Find the IconCache.db file, and rename it as IconCache.db.old. f. Close the window, and restart the computer.