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03-27-2009
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| | unable to delete desktop icon sent laptop to service center for warrenty repair to cover. repair center updated the bios (bios launcher downloaded to desktop). when i got machine home i noticed an adminstrative tools icon now on my desktop. i am unable to do anything with this icon. when right clicked i get no option to delete or to open properities. i have tried dragging and dropping,moving, and deleting. i cannot move it off the desktop. control pannel still has the administrative icon in it and it works. the icon on the desktop works also. hovvever desktop is no place for admin. tools. i have also tried to delete from safe mode without any success. please help. have not tried a system restore as i have never successfully accomplished one. -- nithinim |
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03-28-2009
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| | RE: unable to delete desktop icon system restore was not successful. still unable to remove admin. tools from desktop -- nithinim "nethinim" wrote: Quote: > sent laptop to service center for warrenty repair to cover. repair center > updated the bios (bios launcher downloaded to desktop). when i got machine > home i noticed an adminstrative tools icon now on my desktop. i am unable to > do anything with this icon. when right clicked i get no option to delete or > to open properities. i have tried dragging and dropping,moving, and > deleting. i cannot move it off the desktop. control pannel still has the > administrative icon in it and it works. the icon on the desktop works also. > hovvever desktop is no place for admin. tools. i have also tried to delete > from safe mode without any success. please help. have not tried a system > restore as i have never successfully accomplished one. > -- > nithinim |
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03-28-2009
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| | Re: unable to delete desktop icon "nethinim" <gal522(remove)@cfaith.com> wrote in message news:563A39FA-B459-4A06-8057-86D0990B003B@xxxxxx Quote: > system restore was not successful. still unable to remove admin. tools from > desktop > -- > nithinim > > |
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03-28-2009
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| | Re: unable to delete desktop icon On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:31:01 -0700, nethinim <gal522(remove)@cfaith.com> wrote: Quote: >sent laptop to service center for warrenty repair to cover. repair center >updated the bios (bios launcher downloaded to desktop). when i got machine >home i noticed an adminstrative tools icon now on my desktop. i am unable to >do anything with this icon. when right clicked i get no option to delete or >to open properities. i have tried dragging and dropping,moving, and >deleting. i cannot move it off the desktop. control pannel still has the >administrative icon in it and it works. the icon on the desktop works also. >hovvever desktop is no place for admin. tools. i have also tried to delete >from safe mode without any success. please help. have not tried a system >restore as i have never successfully accomplished one. .. |
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03-28-2009
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| | Re: unable to delete desktop icon jim and dave already tried safe mode no luck. c:\users\*.*\desktop not there???? it is on desktop though. tried toshiba repair depot they denied they did anything. however it was not there before i took it in. it is not a short cut it does not have blue arrow. i was playing around and attempted to move (drag and drop) the admin tools from control pannel to desktop and i was asked if i wanted to create a link ????of course i declined. but is this a link???????? and how do i undo a link??????? thanks for suggestions keep them comming -- nithinim "Jim" wrote: Quote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:31:01 -0700, nethinim > <gal522(remove)@cfaith.com> wrote: > Quote: > >sent laptop to service center for warrenty repair to cover. repair center > >updated the bios (bios launcher downloaded to desktop). when i got machine > >home i noticed an adminstrative tools icon now on my desktop. i am unable to > >do anything with this icon. when right clicked i get no option to delete or > >to open properities. i have tried dragging and dropping,moving, and > >deleting. i cannot move it off the desktop. control pannel still has the > >administrative icon in it and it works. the icon on the desktop works also. > >hovvever desktop is no place for admin. tools. i have also tried to delete > >from safe mode without any success. please help. have not tried a system > >restore as i have never successfully accomplished one. > Try C:\users\name\desktop and delete from there ; if not try safe mode > .. > |
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03-28-2009
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| | Re: unable to delete desktop icon "nethinim" <gal522(remove)@cfaith.com> wrote in message news:E4C6BFC6-3F6C-4830-B436-5497557776AF@xxxxxx Quote: > jim and dave > already tried safe mode no luck. c:\users\*.*\desktop not there???? it is > on desktop though. tried toshiba repair depot they denied they did anything. > however it was not there before i took it in. it is not a short cut it does > not have blue arrow. i was playing around and attempted to move (drag and > drop) the admin tools from control pannel to desktop and i was asked if i > wanted to create a link ????of course i declined. but is this a link???????? > and how do i undo a link??????? > thanks for suggestions keep them comming > and it created a shortcut, with an arrow. It was a normal shortcut as I could delete it. |
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03-28-2009
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| | Re: unable to delete desktop icon On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:03:01 -0700, nethinim wrote: Quote: > jim and dave > already tried safe mode no luck. c:\users\*.*\desktop not there???? it is > on desktop though. tried toshiba repair depot they denied they did anything. > however it was not there before i took it in. it is not a short cut it does > not have blue arrow. i was playing around and attempted to move (drag and > drop) the admin tools from control pannel to desktop and i was asked if i > wanted to create a link ????of course i declined. but is this a link???????? > and how do i undo a link??????? > thanks for suggestions keep them comming Maybe that would give you a new clue. It might also be possible to move or delete the thing (seems the best name for it) from a cmd window... Obviously I'm grasping at straws here, but you never know... -- Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom |
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03-28-2009
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| | Re: unable to delete desktop icon This might solve the problem. File Shredder 2 http://download.cnet.com/File-Shredd...-10662831.html Gene E. Bloch wrote: Quote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:03:01 -0700, nethinim wrote: > Quote: >> jim and dave >> already tried safe mode no luck. c:\users\*.*\desktop not there???? it is >> on desktop though. tried toshiba repair depot they denied they did anything. >> however it was not there before i took it in. it is not a short cut it does >> not have blue arrow. i was playing around and attempted to move (drag and >> drop) the admin tools from control pannel to desktop and i was asked if i >> wanted to create a link ????of course i declined. but is this a link???????? >> and how do i undo a link??????? >> thanks for suggestions keep them comming > Could you go to the cmd window and do a DIR command? > > Maybe that would give you a new clue. It might also be possible to move or > delete the thing (seems the best name for it) from a cmd window... > > Obviously I'm grasping at straws here, but you never know... > |
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