Recent content by johnnyzero2

Copilot uninstalled on both machines, so I don't think that's the culprit. But thanks.

You're right, I stand (somewhat) corrected. Yes, that infomail subdomain (if it actually existed on MS's servers) + microsoft.com would indeed resolve to Microsoft. So it's definitely a spoofed sender address, as you said. It's also a really dumb choice on the part of the scammer, if they're...

Update: Upon further research, apparently this is a known, unresolved bug in Windows 11. It seems to be related to the Recent Items feature. After hours trying to troubleshoot this on multiple machines, I can confirm: if you rename a Desktop file and that file happens to be in your Recent Items...

No go. As I said in my original post, I've tried it with Align to Grid both enabled & disabled.

There is no one "offending icon". This issue occurs if I try to rename ANY file on the Desktop. Interestingly, it does not occur if I try to rename a folder or shortcut.

I'm pretty sure that's not true, unless Auto-Arrange and/or Sort By is enabled. But thanks anyway.

Easy: the originating email domain (@infomail.microsoft.com) tells you it's not from Microsoft. It's a phishing scam, designed to harvest your MS account credentials.

I'm experiencing this same issue on two different machines that I recently upgraded Win10 -> Win11. I see posts about this issue all over the place, but none with any solution. And yes, I have Auto-Arrange disabled and Sort By set to None. And I've tried it with Snap-To-Grid enabled/disabled...