wierd issue with deleted files

I've noted it here and under these circumstances:

Desktop icon of moved or deleted file reappears after scale change

Issue persists under 20H2.

Could be that you have Desktop backed up on Onedrive?

hepme said:

No

won't let me post w/o more characters

That was quick.
Anything else that would protect your Desktop? Syncing settings?

hepme said:

This doesn't happen every time i delete a file, but it happens pretty often. When i delete a file from the desktop to the recycle bin sometimes later on i will see it on the desktop again. Then i try and delete it i get a message saying try again and it never lets me. But the reason is it;s NOT the file i deleted but basically a ghost of it because if i open the recycle bin there it is. It;s both in the bin AND on the desktop, tho like i said the one on the desktop is more of less just a ghost of the real file. If i drag the one in the bin back onto the desktop the other one disappears and then i can delete the one i just restore and this time it's gone with no "ghost" of it on the desktop. What is this wackiness?

Press F5 on your Desktop or right-click & select Refresh.
- The file is being deleted but the visuals are not being updated with that information.
- This problem has been around since WinXP if not earlier and just comes & goes whenever it feels like it.
- There is no solution. Don't waste your life trying the plethora of claimed solutions you can find online.
- I find that rebooting once a day reduces occurrences [but does not eliminate them completely].

Denis