Windows is showing two icons for each file in search. Why?

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I've made a search in Local Disk to find all my PDF files. When the search concluded, each file has two icons.

Screenshot to illustrate the problem:

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When I click in one of the "pair of files" both are selected, and I can't unselect one of them. When I click in Properties, it not shows "two files", instead it shows the properties for the file, like its location.

The "duplicated" files are not links, and when I click in 'Open file location', I'm redirected to the same folder.

My question is: Why is this occurring?

Vinicius ACP

Posted 2016-02-11T11:58:31.487

Reputation: 103

Did your restart your computer (should always be the 1st troubleshooting step)? – DavidPostill – 2016-02-11T12:04:13.930

Yes. And did an sfc /scannow, dism /RestoreHealth and Rebuild Index – Vinicius ACP – 2016-02-11T12:11:28.230

I would start by resetting Explorer to it's default settings. Open Explorer -> View tab -> Options -> (for the General, View and Search tabs) Restore Defaults -> Apply -> OK – root – 2016-02-11T13:19:51.477

Answers

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Reset Explorer to it's default settings:

  • Open Explorer
  • View tab
  • Options
  • (for the General, View and Search tabs) Restore Defaults
  • Apply
  • OK

root

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