Problem with Desktop Shortcuts and icons

I have a customer with a Windows 8.1 machine, all up to date and no virus issues,
Her Desktop icons display the file size not the name.
This happened suddenly with no known reason, she did have some screen problems (hardware) which meant she needed a new screen, but that was not problem.
However no matter what we change (and we have been everywhere!!) I cannot find anywhere where you can change the properties displayed!.
We have disk checked in case of some kind of corruption, we have created a new user, that 's the same, changed file/folders properties fonts etc. etc. nothing seems get the files names back?

Hi,
Did this issue occur for all desktop icon or specific one?
It sounds like it might be caused by the video card. Update the video card driver and rename a file kindly to check the result.
If the issue persists, following the guide below to rebuild the icon cache
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/bea47202-d869-4155-8c8f-2a5b8bd7be1d/forum-faqhow-to-rebuild-icon-cache
Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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