desktop icon removal

Question

Help! I can't remove some unwanted icons from my desktop. I thought they were shortcuts, but I guess not. I keep getting an error message that says 'Access denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use.' What do I do now?

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

Dimension 8200, Windows XP Home, the icons are what I thought were shortcuts from programs. They were put there by me....

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

Still there?

AskDV · Answer

Is the program still running on this machine ? Have you tried shift + delete key together to delete the Icons on the desktop ?   ~DV

AskDV · Answer

Liza,   Provide some information on these points.   Which is the Operating system running on this system ? What kind of icons are being shown up ? When did you get these icons on desktop ? Had you been online and downloaded any applications ? Any specific website being visited before this problem started ?   ~DV

AskDV · Answer

Is the program still running on this machine ? Have you tried shift + delete key together to delete the Icons on the desktop ?   ~DV

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

Yes

AskDV · Answer

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Display, click the Desktop tab, and then click Customize Desktop.
3. Click to select the check boxes for the desktop items that you want to display, or click to clear the check boxes for the desktop items that you want to remove.
Try this and message me back
~DV

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

These miscellaneous desktop items are not listed under the customize button. These desktop icons I can't remove are, I believe programs instead of shortcuts, although they do have the little arrow on them. Any other suggestions?

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

The desktop wizard does not display these icons either. Desktop wizard doesn't clean these up......

rickmktg · Answer

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Denny Denham · Answer

Liza Sarinsky, Right-click the icons and select 'Properties.' Does the General tab indicate that the icon is a shortcut? If so, what does the shortcut tab show as the target of the shortcut?

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

Click to select the check boxes for the desktop items that you want to display, or click to clear the check boxes for the desktop items that you want to remove.

There are no boxes for the icons I would like to remove. Any other suggestions?

Denny Denham · Answer

Did you read my post immediately above your latest one?

Liza Sarinsky · Answer

Clicked on properties tab on the desktop icon and under the general tab it says, ' C:Documents and Settings\  Liza Sarinsky\Desktop.

Denny Denham · Answer

Liza Sarinski, That is the location of everything on the desktop. The item of interest is whether or not the icon is a shortcut, as shown here:

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