SOLVED (was: incorrect icons on Kubuntu desktop)

[Shlomo Solomon]

Answering my own post - in case this can help others.
I found the problem. In Desktop Folder Settings, I un-checked Preview
Thumbnails and everything is back to normal.



On Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:33:12 +0300
Shlomo Solomon <shlomo at the-solomons.net> wrote:

> I have a few links to applications such as wireshark, krdc, Virtualbox
> on my Kubuntu desktop.
> 
> For some reason, today all of these links no longer have the correct
> icon but "look like" text files. Strangely, in each icon I can see a
> "preview" of some text.
> 
> If I right-click > properties I see the correct icon.
> 
> If I drag one of them to the panel, the icon appears correctly on the
> panel.
> 
> When I login, I can see the correct icons on the desktop for about one
> second and then they all "magically" change to look like text file
> icons again. 
> 
> Any idea what is causing this?
> 



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