I can't delete a shortcut

I had deleted a program. Then I saw on my desktop that the shortcut was still
there. I right clicked, the clicked on delete and I could not delete the
shortcut. It said the program was no longer available. Okay, I get this. But,
I still want to delete the shortcut. Shell

Shelley wrote:
> I had deleted a program. Then I saw on my desktop that the shortcut was still
> there. I right clicked, the clicked on delete and I could not delete the
> shortcut. It said the program was no longer available. Okay, I get this. But,
> I still want to delete the shortcut. Shell

I agree, there is no reason to not be able to delete the shortcut. Its
just a file on your desktop. Try just single clicking it to highlight
it, then hit the del key.

Big Al wrote:
> Shelley wrote:
>> I had deleted a program. Then I saw on my desktop that the shortcut
>> was still there. I right clicked, the clicked on delete and I could
>> not delete the shortcut. It said the program was no longer available.
>> Okay, I get this. But, I still want to delete the shortcut. Shell
>
> I agree, there is no reason to not be able to delete the shortcut. Its
> just a file on your desktop. Try just single clicking it to highlight
> it, then hit the del key.


Shel:

You can also try this - amazingly, it works about 50% of the time, so
it's worth a shot:

RENAME the shortcut to anything else, and then try to delete.

You can also try this: Go into "Search" and type in the box: ***.lnk.
That will bring up all the shortcuts on your computer. Look for the one
you want to get rid of, and try deleting it from there.

Tony

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If you double click it, like you were going to run it, a window should
pop up asking if you would like to delete the shortcut.


ju.c


"Shelley" <Shelley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB6BD323-5B9C-4880-8525-238044EB4233@microsoft.com...
> I had deleted a program. Then I saw on my desktop that the shortcut
> was still
> there. I right clicked, the clicked on delete and I could not delete
> the
> shortcut. It said the program was no longer available. Okay, I get
> this. But,
> I still want to delete the shortcut. Shell