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KitchenHutch
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January 2nd, 2005 19:00
Windows XP Desktop icons
I reently had icons for the following items spontaneously appear on my Windows XP desktop : Travel, Poker, Card Games, Printer Cartridges, Casino Online, Bingo, and Website Hosting. I cannot delete the icons (shortcuts), move them to the recycle bin, or even open the properties window for these icons. I would depatately like to remove these icons. Has anyone else encountered similar issues with thesse icons and found a way to delete them?
KitchenHutch
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Posted January 2nd, 2005 21:00
Unfortunately, I've already looked in the Add/Remove Programs item in the Control Panel and there is no software associated with the icons that I can uninstall. Also, I regularly run Ad-Aware and SpyBot Search and Destroy. Neither of these applications removed the icons. Any other suggestions?we had the same problem and contacted the company. In add/remove programs look for "Search plugin" "windows searching" "window active" or "ultimate browser". Ours was listed under "search plugin". After removing it those icons were gone. Apparently it is a "worm" by some other company that automatically downloads.
Good Luck!
KitchenHutch
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Posted January 2nd, 2005 23:00
Thanks to all for your suggestions. The solution to my problem was to download and run the file, new_uninstall.exe from the Help menu for the internet site (Lop.com) responsible for the icons. This removed the icons from the desktop.Good work on Lop.com. Here is more on that scumware site:
PlzHelpMeOut
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Posted January 2nd, 2005 20:00
Have u tried uninstalling the programs for them
sometimes i get that also, all i had to do was to uninstall the software for those icons
also try getting Adware that gets rid of spam and tracking devices, it really helps to get one