Step The easiest solution to the problem is obviously this one Unhide Hidden Desktop Icons The Old-Fashioned Way (Not recommended, for beginners)ģ. Step We previously explained how to unhide a hidden hosts file, so you may want to read this as well Step Obviously, transparent icons or hidden icons are not ok and you should first of all run a virus scan – we recommend to use AVG or Panda software for this purpose.Ģ. There are viruses that can hide them, let’s check out if there’s a safe way to get rid of it AVG / Pandaġ. If you believe some of your desktop icons are missing, you should also download a copy of Malwarebytes Antimalware, just to be sure.