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Old 07-23-2007   #1 (permalink)
Jony


 
 

Deleteing Destop Icon

Hey guys im new to Vista and haveing problems. I downloaded a program from a
cd a friend gave me and he gave me the rong one its like a 100 word icon name
on my destop and im trying to delete it and i can because it allways says its
to long to delete to the garbage bin and when i try and rename it to make it
smaller it just says its to long. If any one knows how to help me please do
thnaks.

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Old 07-23-2007   #2 (permalink)
dean-dean


 
 

Re: Deleteing Destop Icon

In Start Menu\Programs\Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and choose
Run as Administrator. At the prompt, type:

cd desktop

Press Enter. Then type:

dir /x

Press Enter. In the list presented find the short name for
toolongofaname.ico, for example, toolon~1.ico. Then type:

del toolon~1.ico

Press Enter.


"Jony" <Jony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED09FF5D-4BF4-43BE-9877-18536E3DFC82@microsoft.com...
> Hey guys im new to Vista and haveing problems. I downloaded a program from
> a
> cd a friend gave me and he gave me the rong one its like a 100 word icon
> name
> on my destop and im trying to delete it and i can because it allways says
> its
> to long to delete to the garbage bin and when i try and rename it to make
> it
> smaller it just says its to long. If any one knows how to help me please
> do
> thnaks.


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