If you find that your desktop icons are missing, type gpedit.msc in the Start menu and hit Enter to open the Group Policy Editor. Navigate to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop.

App and file icons are visual distractions that draw attention away from the task at hand. Desktop icons and taskbars invite ...

Let us say you created a desktop shortcut using Chrome. And when you pin it to Start, the icon goes missing. Now in this case, do the following: Create another shortcut using the Chrome menu.