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ejk8626:
I have a dual monitor setup and I just noticed that there are four dots centered along the bottom of the screen just above the taskbar. The only time they are visible is when I have my mouse on the left  side of the left monitor or right side of the right monitor and inadvertently drag the cursor a bit. As soon as I release the mouse button the dots disappear.

I have attached a  a picture of what I see during the inadvertent drag.

I believe the dots signify multiple desktops, but I do not know how they got there. I also don't know how to move between them to recover some missing desktop icons. 


I am missing some desktop icons and I suspect that somehow the missing icons are trapped on one of the other screens. How do I get to them without destroying the layout of icons on my primary screen?

How do I keep this from happening again? Can I somehow delete the unseen desktops?

Any guidance or info will be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Please note that I just added a better screen shot of the issue.

Boggin:
I don't know what the four dots signify.

Do they appear with only one monitor switched on ?

Can you right click on the taskbar and select Task Manager/Users which may show if more than one profile is being used.

Read through this article on how to reset the Icon Cache - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5645-rebuild-icon-cache-windows-10-a.html

ejk8626:
Hi, Tom.


Thanks for the info.


The article you referenced does not appear to deal with my issue.


Right now, I need both monitors on, but later today, I'll switch the smaller one off to see if the "dots" go away.


Stay tuned...


Ed



Boggin:
Did you use the Batch file in the article to reset your Icon Cache and if so, did it restore any ?

ejk8626:
No. I have DL it, but I haven't had time to play with it yet.



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