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Old 10-15-2007   #6 (permalink)
eldonstuhr


 
 

Re: Deleting shortcuts from desktop of uninstalled programs

Thanks for the help. I rebooted and opened in safe mode and was able to
delete the icon. Don't know if it was the reboot or the safe mode which did
the trick, but it was one or the other.
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eldon


"Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]" wrote:
Quote:

> Could you try deleting it in Safe Mode?
> --
> Andre
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> "eldonstuhr" <eldonstuhr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> >I have uninstalled a program, but cannot delete the desktop icon. When I
> >try
> > to delet it a box message box pops up saying "This is not longer located
> > in
> > C: etc, verify the items location and try again". Of course, I cannot
> > give
> > the location of the program because it's no longer there.... but the icon
> > persists.
> > --
> > Thanks for any help you can give!
> > eldon
>
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