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Steve
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      08-27-2007
I had installed a program and have since uninstalled it. The shortcut on my
desktop will not let me delete it. How could I get rid of it? All other
files related to that program have been removed.
 
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Chad Harris
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      08-27-2007
Hi Steve--

Try booting into Safe Mode and if necessary right click
start>explorer>desktop and shift+delete it from there. If necessary you can
also use:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_undeletable_file.htm

or

use this utility:

http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm

CH

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>I had installed a program and have since uninstalled it. The shortcut on
>my
> desktop will not let me delete it. How could I get rid of it? All other
> files related to that program have been removed.


 
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