Explorer is unlikely to be the root of the problem, making it only a temporary solution. However, since it's a low-risk operation that merely rearranges a few icons, you can continue using it for as long as necessary.
Thank you! The garbled icons are a known problem in at least Windows 11, and as so often, Microsoft wasn't able or willing to fix this. It happens after my DAW was crashing, which happens sometimes, leaving a blank screen, until the GUI comes back up again.
Ah, I see. I wasn't aware of that (what are garbled icons?).
Restarting Explorer is probably the best option anyway. You could omit the /f flag (force) to allow Explorer to restart gracefully in case it's handling something important, and you don't want to be too abrupt.
Alternatively, you could gentlemanly use Task Manager:
The icons themselves are ok. But they are in an uneven order, some of them halfways obscuring those behind. If i click the half covered icon, it comes forward, covering the other one. Like here: