Time Machine shows wrong icon on the desktop

My Time Machine desktop icon shows himself as an icon of USB drive orange instead of green TM icon. Get info, views System Prefs and Finder (with the exception of the desktop icon) show the correct icon. Copy and paste the icon in Get Info does not work. How to solve this problem?

[El Capitan 10.11.5 but also before in Yosemite]

-In the menu bar choose Finder > Preferences.  Uncheck the box, then check the external drives.  If it still shows the icon incorrect test in safe mode and a new user.

OS X El Capitan: start in safe mode

How to test a question in another account on your Mac - Apple Support

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