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It looks as though it is selected.
Right-click on the Desktop & select Refresh to see if it's just a Refresh problem [which is the most likely explanation].
Best of luck,
Denis
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Try this. Make your Desktop the "active window" by clicking anywhere on your Desktop once, with your mouse. You can click once on a Desktop icon.
Now hold down Control + Mouse scroll once notch down. Then scroll one notch back up, while still holding the Control key.
Does that get rid of the boxes?