Author Topic: How Do I? (Read 2344 times)

adwight · **on:** December 30, 2004, 02:37:58 pm

Delete icons on my desktop that won't be deleted(but pressing delete while selecting them), or dragged into the Recycle Bin?

Stealth · **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:40:26 pm

huh?

so you have icons you want to delete, but when you try, what happens? does it say it deleted it, but it's still there? does it say "this file is in use and cannot be deleted" or what?

Hippo · **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:41:06 pm

did you try in a dos prompt?

that can usually do it...

Stealth · **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:44:45 pm

yeah try rebooting, or you could try dos, as was mentioned.

Grimloq · **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:46:13 pm

*snicker* that happens to me sometimes. especially with font files after i try to install them (and they already are installed)

just wait a few days... eventually itll delete normally.

Solatar · **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:47:26 pm

Is it an AOL icon? I had trouble with one a few years ago on and older machine...it appears that it actually installed itself on the desktop instead of using a shortcut.

Hippo · **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:49:20 pm

I can delete my AOL icons...

[moronic]Its fun deleting them![/moronic]

adwight · **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2004, 02:57:32 pm

They're icons that say like Poker, Internet, stuff like that, which I don't want on there, and when I select them and press delete or try and drag them over, nothing happens and they don't move.
I don't know how to use DOS, so could you give me the commands and whatnot.(I'm sounding so noob right now:nervous: .)

Liberator · **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:01:37 pm

Oh, so you've been installing porn software and you don't want you're parents to know...

vyper · **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:06:26 pm

How helpful.

Anyway, try deleting them from safe mode?

FireCrack · **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:20:25 pm

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Originally posted by adwight
They're icons that say like Poker, Internet, stuff like that, which I don't want on there, and when I select them and press delete or try and drag them over, nothing happens and they don't move.
I don't know how to use DOS, so could you give me the commands and whatnot.(I'm sounding so noob right now:nervous: .)

Ah this happened to me just this morning, the icons arent realy there, right click and hit refresh.

Nico · **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:24:04 pm

What vyper said, works for me when I can't delete stuff for now apparent reason.

Solatar · **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:26:04 pm

Run Adaware? Might be some adware that puts the icons on your desktop after you delete 'em, but I dunno.

adwight · **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2004, 04:59:12 pm

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Originally posted by Liberator
Oh, so you've been installing porn software and you don't want you're parents to know...

I don't find Poker/Card Game/Bingo/Internet to be porno... But anyways, Ad-Aware did the trick. Thanks guys.

Carl · **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2004, 05:45:25 pm

if it comes back after you re-start, it means they have a backup installed somewhere, so you need to find that too.

FireCrack · **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:53:04 pm

this thing will never go away without a clean format, i know.

Solatar · **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:56:52 pm

I've gotten rid of plenty of these without formatting my computer.

Of course, one time I just cut off the internet, and ran so many virus and adware/spyware scans it's not funny...

EDIT: I think it sometimes depends on the individual machine though.

EDIT2: Crappy firewalls don't help, hispeed internet is more prone than 56k from what I hear, etc.

FireCrack · **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2004, 09:28:41 pm

This exact one? then enlighten me

The icons are pastely colored right?

Anaz · **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2004, 10:01:09 pm

turn off active desktop for one...if they're "ghost" icons, that should be how they're getting in, and should be how to kill them.

Stealth · **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2004, 12:29:13 am

aHA!!! i was waiting to see how long it would be before someone said "format"...

...format, to erase an icon, ... a little over-kill don't you think?

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