Cannot DELETE an Icon?
Posted by admin on May 27th, 2007
I have a shortcut icon on my desktop that I cannot delete.What happened is that I installed the game Battlefield 2 recently. Then, I realized that I installed an incorrect patch so I had to uninstall the game. The uninstall however did not remove the original icon. When I reinstalled BF2, I unchecked the box to include a new desktop icon (figuring the old one to work). It did not. Upon clicking that old icon, nothing happened. So I went to the File Manager and made a new shortcut for BF2 onto the desktop. Then, realizing now that I still had my old icon out there, I went to delete it and got this message: "Could not find this item. This is no longer located in C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop. Verify the item's location and try again."And it's true, that icon is no longer in that folder. So why can I NOT delete this darn icon?
Jun 1st, 2007 at 08:38 am
I had a similar problem. Your current O.S. does not believe that the icon exists...so it can't get rid of it. I had to take my computer to a shop that had a specialized program that allowed for a "work around" and they deleted the folder for me. It was more of an annoyance than anything..and, according to the tech I talked with, something they've been finding with Vista, especially during the transfer of games, programs etc. from another operating system. I don't know the name of the program used by the tech to get rid of the folder but he did say that there are several like it...and that they allow you to do things independent of the operating system (whatever that means). Barry"Vilhiem"
Jun 6th, 2007 at 01:03 pm
Vilhiem wrote: Try this experiment: hold down the Shift key and rightclick on your desktop, then select 'Open command prompt here'. At the command prompt type dir /aThat will show you everything on your desktop, including hidden files. Look for any file that could be your troublesome shortcut.Also, what happens if you rightclick on the icon. Can you open its Properties?
Jun 8th, 2007 at 01:14 pm
Don,Thanks for the ideas but when I typed dir /a, it displayed only about half of the icons on my desktop, and not the one I am having problems with :(Also, I can view the properties, ... but cant seem to change any of the either :( "Don" wrote:
Jun 12th, 2007 at 01:22 am
"Barry" My theory is that the setting is in the registry somewhere!Here is how I tracked down a similar problem with the public folder icon. My idea is could the setting for the icon be in the same part of the registry?computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_registry_public.htmGuy
Jun 16th, 2007 at 01:04 am
Try looking under C:\Public\Desktop (formerly known as the All Users Desktop) "Vilhiem"
Jun 17th, 2007 at 01:24 am
Sorry, it is the C:\Users\Public Desktop. The <SHIFT> procedure given only opens the logged in User's desktop command prompt. "Vilhiem"