Icons won't go away on desktop. What's going on

Question

I changed to Windows Classic theme for a little while on my Vista laptop and changed it back to Aero and now somehow I have duplicate icons and some I can't click. I attempted to delete all and was going to redo my icons, but those unclickable icons are still there.

Friend says it's possibly hard drive error, which happened to him. He said it makes you lag, some folders won't open and it makes you more vulnerable to viruses. He says it started with icons for him too.

What the ****, someone help.

Answer 1

have you tried changing a wallpaper?

Answer 2

Change the wallpaper before you do anything drastic!  I think someone is pulling your leg with the old "screen shot" prank.

Answer 3

Sounds like somebody may have pulled a prank on you. what you do is take a screenshot of the entire desktop, and set that as the wallpaper, so that even when the icons are deleted, it looks like they are still there, but they are unclickable, because they are part of the wallpaper. Try changing your wallpaper and see if it goes away.