Desktop issue

I inadvertently dragged my Desktop icon to a Documents folder called Books.
When I tried to fix this, I wound up with two Desktop icons. Then I tried
changing the name of the one that appeared to have nothing in it; now I can't
delete that one - it says it's in use. The upshot is I've managed to drag all
the icons I had back to my Desktop, but I now have a yellow folder called
Desktop under Admin, and also one in the Books Documents folder; and I also
have a blue icon under Admin called "test" which is the name I tried changing
the 2nd Desktop icon to (and which I'm unable to delete. Aa-aaagggh! I'm not
sure how to clean all this mess up. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Have you considered system restore?

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"Benzmum" <> wrote in message
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> I inadvertently dragged my Desktop icon to a Documents folder called
> Books.
> When I tried to fix this, I wound up with two Desktop icons. Then I tried
> changing the name of the one that appeared to have nothing in it; now I
> can't
> delete that one - it says it's in use. The upshot is I've managed to drag
> all
> the icons I had back to my Desktop, but I now have a yellow folder called
> Desktop under Admin, and also one in the Books Documents folder; and I
> also
> have a blue icon under Admin called "test" which is the name I tried
> changing
> the 2nd Desktop icon to (and which I'm unable to delete. Aa-aaagggh! I'm
> not
> sure how to clean all this mess up. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

No, I was hoping there was something less drastic I could do.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Have you considered system restore?
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
> news:40222D88-4590-40AD-A44F-...
> > I inadvertently dragged my Desktop icon to a Documents folder called
> > Books.
> > When I tried to fix this, I wound up with two Desktop icons. Then I tried
> > changing the name of the one that appeared to have nothing in it; now I
> > can't
> > delete that one - it says it's in use. The upshot is I've managed to drag
> > all
> > the icons I had back to my Desktop, but I now have a yellow folder called
> > Desktop under Admin, and also one in the Books Documents folder; and I
> > also
> > have a blue icon under Admin called "test" which is the name I tried
> > changing
> > the 2nd Desktop icon to (and which I'm unable to delete. Aa-aaagggh! I'm
> > not
> > sure how to clean all this mess up. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
>

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:10:01 -0700, Benzmum
<> wrote:

>No, I was hoping there was something less drastic I could do.

Why would System Restore be included in a list of actions labeled
"drastic"??

>
>"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Have you considered system restore?
>>
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>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
>> news:40222D88-4590-40AD-A44F-...
>> > I inadvertently dragged my Desktop icon to a Documents folder called
>> > Books.
>> > When I tried to fix this, I wound up with two Desktop icons. Then I tried
>> > changing the name of the one that appeared to have nothing in it; now I
>> > can't
>> > delete that one - it says it's in use. The upshot is I've managed to drag
>> > all
>> > the icons I had back to my Desktop, but I now have a yellow folder called
>> > Desktop under Admin, and also one in the Books Documents folder; and I
>> > also
>> > have a blue icon under Admin called "test" which is the name I tried
>> > changing
>> > the 2nd Desktop icon to (and which I'm unable to delete. Aa-aaagggh! I'm
>> > not
>> > sure how to clean all this mess up. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
>>

"Benzmum" <> wrote in message
news:40222D88-4590-40AD-A44F-...
>I inadvertently dragged my Desktop icon to a Documents folder called Books.
> When I tried to fix this, I wound up with two Desktop icons. Then I tried
> changing the name of the one that appeared to have nothing in it; now I
> can't
> delete that one - it says it's in use. The upshot is I've managed to drag
> all
> the icons I had back to my Desktop, but I now have a yellow folder called
> Desktop under Admin, and also one in the Books Documents folder; and I
> also
> have a blue icon under Admin called "test" which is the name I tried
> changing
> the 2nd Desktop icon to (and which I'm unable to delete. Aa-aaagggh! I'm
> not
> sure how to clean all this mess up. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

I think the easiest thing to do is copy empty folders from another user
account, take ownership and check permissions, then sort out your files and
sort them in the right folders again.

ss.

"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
message news:59119911-7BE1-4782-83D5-...
> Have you considered system restore?

That's for System changes rollback - not user files.

ss.

Benzmum wrote:

> No, I was hoping there was something less drastic I could do.

Actually, unless you have installed a bunch of stuff since your last System
Restore, SR is the way to go and shouldn't necessarily be seen as
"drastic". If this just happened, do a SR to the day before. Or the hour
before.


Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

System Restore does not equal System reinstallation...
"Benzmum" <> wrote in message
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> No, I was hoping there was something less drastic I could do.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Have you considered system restore?
>>
>> --
>> click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a
>> post''
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> "Benzmum" <> wrote in message
>> news:40222D88-4590-40AD-A44F-...
>> > I inadvertently dragged my Desktop icon to a Documents folder called
>> > Books.
>> > When I tried to fix this, I wound up with two Desktop icons. Then I
>> > tried
>> > changing the name of the one that appeared to have nothing in it; now I
>> > can't
>> > delete that one - it says it's in use. The upshot is I've managed to
>> > drag
>> > all
>> > the icons I had back to my Desktop, but I now have a yellow folder
>> > called
>> > Desktop under Admin, and also one in the Books Documents folder; and I
>> > also
>> > have a blue icon under Admin called "test" which is the name I tried
>> > changing
>> > the 2nd Desktop icon to (and which I'm unable to delete. Aa-aaagggh!
>> > I'm
>> > not
>> > sure how to clean all this mess up. Does anyone know how I can fix
>> > this?
>>

OK, Malke, I'll give it a go (with some fear and trembling). When I did a
system restore on my old XP computer, I lost all the data I'd saved for days
following the selected restore time.

"Malke" wrote:

> Benzmum wrote:
>
> > No, I was hoping there was something less drastic I could do.
>
> Actually, unless you have installed a bunch of stuff since your last System
> Restore, SR is the way to go and shouldn't necessarily be seen as
> "drastic". If this just happened, do a SR to the day before. Or the hour
> before.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

Benzmum wrote:

> OK, Malke, I'll give it a go (with some fear and trembling). When I did a
> system restore on my old XP computer, I lost all the data I'd saved for
> days following the selected restore time.

This shouldn't have happened unless you save your data in a weird place,
like a Temp folder, but be cautious and back up first. If you don't have
current backups, you should create and implement a backup strategy anyway
because something will *always* happen sooner or later.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!