File icons and app icons hidden?

Hi, ever since I ugraded to Mavericks, some of my apps and file icons disappear, but the title still shows up
See Safari and Mail:
See Anxiety and The Sims 3:
See the following in my Microsoft Office folder
Has anyone else had this happen since upgrading to Mavericks? Anyone know a solution?

is there any changes before this issue happen?
may I know your security software status?
did you try to scan your PC before?
please repeat create new admin account, clean boot and sfc once again to make sure there is no issue related to user profile issue, 3rd party software issue and registry issue
if not working i suggest you to perform system restore, back to condition when this PC working fine
and if still persist after system restore, since this issue intermittent, I suggest perform in place upgrade

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