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Old 06-23-2008   #1 (permalink)
crcrcr1


 
 

Unable to delete shortcut

Hello! I installed "The Sims 2" on my computer but uninstalled it the next
day as I have Windows Vista and it wasn't really compatible, but the desktop
shortcut is still there. I have tried right-clicking to delete it but a
message appears saying that it cannot find the file (obviously because I have
uninstalled the program) and asks me to verify the location before I can
delete it.

I did uninstall the program correctly through the option in "Control Panel"
and I did not see any option to uninstall it manually so I'm really stuck!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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Old 06-23-2008   #2 (permalink)
Tom Allen


 
 

Re: Unable to delete shortcut


"crcrcr1" <crcrcr1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hello! I installed "The Sims 2" on my computer but uninstalled it the
> next
> day as I have Windows Vista and it wasn't really compatible, but the
> desktop
> shortcut is still there. I have tried right-clicking to delete it but
> a
> message appears saying that it cannot find the file (obviously because
> I have
> uninstalled the program) and asks me to verify the location before I
> can
> delete it.
>
> I did uninstall the program correctly through the option in "Control
> Panel"
> and I did not see any option to uninstall it manually so I'm really
> stuck!
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
Right click the desktop and hit 'refresh'.

Tom


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Old 06-23-2008   #3 (permalink)
crcrcr1


 
 

Re: Unable to delete shortcut



"Tom Allen" wrote:
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>
> Right click the desktop and hit 'refresh'.
>
> Tom
>
Thank you! Brilliant-so simple!
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>
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