Mystery Icon (glitch? bug?) on XP Desktop

[ghostfence]

Mystery Icon (glitch? bug?) on XP Desktop

I've never seen anything like this. Does anyone know what it is? (See
desktop snapshots below). How do I get rid of it?

The Mystery Icon
- I can move it around the desktop
- Double-clicking it has no effect
- I can't drop it into a folder
- Right clicking it does not bring up a menu (ie. I can't delete it)
- It's not visible in Windows Explorer or in the Desktop folder
- The lower half changes colour or pattern when I move it on top of or
under something else
- If I change the colour of the desktop the icon changes colour and
becomes frozen in place (unclickable, immovable) until I reboot,
whereupon it reappears

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l277/xpiconproblem/mystery-icon-1.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l277/xpiconproblem/mystery-icon-2.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l277/xpiconproblem/mystery-icon-3.jpg

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Opinicus]

The Mystery Icon
- I can move it around the desktop
- Double-clicking it has no effect
- I can't drop it into a folder
- Right clicking it does not bring up a menu (ie. I can't delete it)
- It's not visible in Windows Explorer or in the Desktop folder
- The lower half changes colour or pattern when I move it on top of or
under something else
- If I change the colour of the desktop the icon changes colour and
becomes frozen in place (unclickable, immovable) until I reboot,
whereupon it reappears

Have you scanned your system for viruses etc?

 

[AJR]

Cannot "see" much detail - however check to see if "Show hidden files..."
under view - folder options - is selected. If so - deselect and check
result.

 

[ghostfence]

I have run a Full System Scan using Norton 2005 with the latest virus
definitions and I'm clean.

Changing the view file options to hide hidden system files (in
Documents and Settings > Username > Desktop) has no effect.