Hello, ------- For over a year My Windows 7 start up has been slowed down because the desktop icons appear to load twice. My attempts to eliminate this condition through Google searches, various forums, (including this one) modifying the contents of two desktop files have proved unsuccessful.

On start up, all icons load early in the process and appear normal until the process end. Then after a pause all the icon colors disappears producing a white background for each icon, then the color starts coming back one icon at a time. During this time the computer seems to be locked in that nothing can be done until the icons retake their normal appearance.

Other than the delay caused by this condition, the computer functions normally. My searching indicates that this condition is not unusual but I have yet to see a response where the condition has been removed. Does any one have a solution or suggestions that I might try?