deleting a dead shortcut

running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via the
control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop. when i
choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated program, and
cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a simple
answer?

climbingrose;560449 Wrote:
> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via
> the
> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
> when i
> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
> program, and
> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a
> simple
> answer?

Hi ClimbingRose,

You can try to press F5 to refresh the desktop to see if it the icon
will go away then. If not, then try restarting the computer to clear
it.

Shawn


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In addition to Brinks suggestions, you can also boot into Safe Mode and try
deleting the shortcut.
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"climbingrose" <> wrote in message
news:BB0E6E5F-4B09-475A-95EE-...
> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via the
> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop. when
> i
> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated program,
> and
> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a
> simple
> answer?

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In addition to Brinks suggestions, you can also boot into Safe Mode
> and try deleting the shortcut.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "climbingrose" <> wrote in
> message news:BB0E6E5F-4B09-475A-95EE-...
>> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program
>> via the
>> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
>> when i
>> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
>> program, and
>> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be
>> a simple
>> answer?
>
>
I haven't seen OP or Brink's message but
does 'Refresh' from a desktop right click make any difference ?

Tom

oh my gosh... i need to say DUH! thank you brink, refresh worked beautifully.

"brink" wrote:

>
> climbingrose;560449 Wrote:
> > running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via
> > the
> > control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
> > when i
> > choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
> > program, and
> > cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a
> > simple
> > answer?
>
> Hi ClimbingRose,
>
> You can try to press F5 to refresh the desktop to see if it the icon
> will go away then. If not, then try restarting the computer to clear
> it.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Thank you Tom.. this, for me, is a huge DUH moment! that sure worked like a
dream. just refreshed from the right click and voila.

"Tom Allen" wrote:

>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > In addition to Brinks suggestions, you can also boot into Safe Mode
> > and try deleting the shortcut.
> > --
> > Andre
> > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> > "climbingrose" <> wrote in
> > message news:BB0E6E5F-4B09-475A-95EE-...
> >> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program
> >> via the
> >> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
> >> when i
> >> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
> >> program, and
> >> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be
> >> a simple
> >> answer?
> >
> >
> I haven't seen OP or Brink's message but
> does 'Refresh' from a desktop right click make any difference ?
>
> Tom
>
>
>

climbingrose;560961 Wrote:
> oh my gosh... i need to say DUH! thank you brink, refresh worked
> beautifully.
>
> "brink" wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > climbingrose;560449 Wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi ClimbingRose,
> > >
> > > You can try to press F5 to refresh the desktop to see if it the icon
> > > will go away then. If not, then try restarting the computer to clear
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Shawn
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > brink
> > >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> > > '*Vista Forums*'
> > > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.*
> > > > >

Your welcome ClimbingRose,

I'm glad to hear your problem is gone now. Thank you for the feedback.

Shawn


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