Windows 10: How do I remove shortcuts or links in the taskbar desktop in Win10?

Somehow the toolbar "Desktop" that you can display on the taskbar has become populated with shortcuts that I did not add, and that don't actually appear on my desktop - I've spent hours searching for where the "Desktop Toolbar" stores it's data and cannot find the real answer. Most articles say it's a combo of your user account's desktop and the Public Desktop, but that's not true - I looked in both and I don't see the extra and unwanted links. For instance, there's an item that's not a a shortcut or link - when I open it's properties the entire dialog box is empty - how do I get rid of that i

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