What can cause desktop icons to stop working?

Every now and then the desktop icons stop working. I have to reboot the computer and then they are fine. Any idea on how to fix this?

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Note that this is boilerplate text.
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Hi,
I’m getting the following error message when ever I try to start cs6 and the program gets close.
“Adobe Photoshop CS6 has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available”
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OS Name
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
Version
6.3.9600 Build 9600
Other OS Description
Not Available
OS Manufacturer
Microsoft Corporation
System Name
JARVIS
System Manufacturer
Dell Inc.
System Model
Inspiron N5110
System Type
x64-based PC
System SKU
To be filled by O.E.M.
Processor
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date
Dell Inc. A11, 8/3/2012
SMBIOS Version
2.6
Embedded Controller Version
1.01
BIOS Mode
Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer
Dell Inc.
BaseBoard Model
Not Available
BaseBoard Name
Base Board
Platform Role
Mobile
Secure Boot State
Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration
Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory
C:\Windows
System Directory
C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device
\Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale
United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer
Version = "6.3.9600.17196"
User Name
Jarvis\JARVIS\Abhishek
Time Zone
India Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)
4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory
3.16 GB
Available Physical Memory
1.21 GB
Total Virtual Memory
3.72 GB
Available Virtual Memory
1.55 GB
Page File Space
576 MB
Page File
C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions
Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions
Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware
Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection
Yes
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and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M.

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