I figured it out through a little bit of detective work.

In my users/HP_administrator folder there were a few random folders and
pictures (I'm not sure how they came to be there) but when I reorganized by
moving the contents of the folders and pictures into their respective places
the icons went away.

"Danny" wrote:

> No, not that I am aware of. I'm not sure exactly what the My Computer
> Namespace is.
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" wrote:
>
> > Have you been playing with the My Computer namespace? On my install, user
> > folders don't show under My Computer.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > Keith
> > Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> >
> > "Danny" <Danny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7DA6387B-10BB-4D39-A432-91D7A6B6F976@microsoft.com...
> > >I am getting some strange icons when I open My Computer. They are blank
> > >page
> > > icons that have the top right corner turned down. Sometimes I get 3 of
> > > these icons, other times there are up to 7. They are not editable or
> > > selectable in any way (IE Right click, properties does nothing, double
> > > click
> > > does nothing). Here is a screenshot:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I cannot figure out when they started or what causes them to show up.
> > > Another wrinkle in this is that when I allow the system to show hidden
> > > files
> > > the number of these blank icons triples.
> > >
> > > I am using a Home Premium upgrade from XP Media Center Edition. I just
> > > want these dang things to go away. It sucks having to scroll down through
> > > a
> > > bunch of phantoms to get to my C drive.
> >
> >