Why are my Windows 10 (32 bit) desktop icons overlaid with black squares on the lower left corners?

[Windows Central Question]

I followed the step-by-step instructions presented by DANIEL RUBINO in his article : "How to get rid of app shortcut arrows on the Windows 10 desktop".

Only once in a blue moon do I see clean shortcut icons without arrows. It's almost always shortcut icons overlaid with black squares on the lower left corners. I had checked the Windows Registry against the steps in the article twice to find that they were all correct.

What gives and any answer?

Thank you.

 

[harihar akhil]

Keep the value of 29 key empty and restart windows explorer from task manager.

 

[Axeelant]

Keep the value of 29 key empty and restart windows explorer from task manager.

Deleting the entire "Shell Icons" won't work?

I just tried and restarted explorer, but not the PC, and so far it is working.