Answering my own post - in case this can help others.
I found the problem. In Desktop Folder Settings, I un-checked Preview
Thumbnails and everything is back to normal.
On Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:33:12 +0300
Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> I have a few links to applications such as wireshark, krdc, Virtual
I have a few links to applications such as wireshark, krdc, Virtualbox
on my Kubuntu desktop.
For some reason, today all of these links no longer have the correct
icon but "look like" text files. Strangely, in each icon I can see a
"preview" of some text.
If I right-click > properties I see the c