Windows 11 PDF file appeared on desktop with random name and cannot be deleted

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Hello,In my wife's laptop's desktop it just appeared a random PDF file with a really long and random name full of gibberish. It looks like the file has appeared from thin air and cannot be moved or deleted.I've been searching about this but none of the issues I've found are exactly like this one since from what I've read people created or know the origin of the files they're trying to delete, and we don't know where this came from.A bit of context:My wife's laptop is a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 with Windows 11 Home (I think - can confirm later if needed).She's a teacher and yesterday was the fir

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