Can't Delete Two Icons From Desktop, Any Suggestions!

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SpiderRIDER

Ok, I have two blank icons that belonged to two files in my desktop. I
deleted these files days ago, but the blank icons with text still show on
the desktop. When I try to delete them I get the following message from
Windows Vista Ultimate...

Could not find this item

This is no longer located in the c:\[Directory Structure That Points to my
Desktop Here]. Verify the item's location and try again.

I then have a try again button and a cancel button.

I have tried creating two text files with the exact same filenames and
extensions and it doesn't ask me to overwrite, it just creates two new files
with the same names and extensions. I can delete these two new files but the
other original two remain.

Any idea's what happened and how I can get rid of these two things?

SpiderRIDER
 
Thank you for taking the time to make the suggestions.

I have tried refreshing and they are still there.
I have tried rebooting and they are still there and still can't be deleted.
I have also tried removing the program who's extension they belong to and
that still won't allow them to be deleted.

Thanks again,

SpiderRIDER
 
Hi, SpiderRIDER.

If you right-click on one of those icons and choose Properties, do you see
the path to the file in the Target box on the Shortcut tab? What do you see
if you click Change Icon on that Shortcut tab?

RC
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It points to the desktop c:\users\{my name}\Desktop

There is no properties tab. The size and size on disk is 0 bytes.

I do have security, details and previous versions tabs. Ready only isn't
checked and neither is hidden.

Robert
 
Brink said:
Hi SpiderRIDER,

Sometimes these are just ghost icons and can be removed by refreshing
the desktop (F5) or restarting the computer.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

SpiderRIDER;804766 said:
Ok, I have two blank icons that belonged to two files in my desktop. I
deleted these files days ago, but the blank icons with text still show
on
the desktop. When I try to delete them I get the following message from
Windows Vista Ultimate...

Could not find this item

This is no longer located in the c:\[Directory Structure That Points to
my
Desktop Here]. Verify the item's location and try again.

I then have a try again button and a cancel button.

I have tried creating two text files with the exact same filenames and
extensions and it doesn't ask me to overwrite, it just creates two new
files
with the same names and extensions. I can delete these two new files
but the
other original two remain.

Any idea's what happened and how I can get rid of these two things?

SpiderRIDER
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henry2304 said:
This solution worked for me, and hope it
works for you too! Let me know if it does,
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The person you replied to left the room seven months ago.
 
are we talking about 2 icons or 9 icons????

generally:
show the hidden and system files. Look on your desktop for a 'desktop.ini'
file look at it should be simple for the desktop
on mine:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

also check the /users/public/public desktop for possible items

Michael
 
To clarify, I also have two desktop.ini

C:\Users\Walraven\Desktop\desktop.ini is
<<blank line>>
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

C:\Users\Public\Desktop\desktop.ini is
<<blank line>>
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799

I THINK the public one is done first then the logged in user one.
the .ini file can be used to create desktop icons, rename files (that
confused me a whole lot on one problem) and lots of stuff in the appearance
realm. Be sure to back up the .ini file (s) before you set them to a default
so effects can be changed. I think you will need to reboot (at least log
out/in) for the changes to be effective.

For instance the LocalizedFileNames allow the displayed name for a file to
be different (the name for the actual 'Pictures.lnk" may be display
differently based on the language used). (If you use non-english setup then
extra entries in .ini would be normal.)

Michael

franknark said:
Michael - thanks for your quick reply.

In my case I have 9 dead icons that are hiding beneath 9 normal icons.
I can select the 9 normal icons and move them up and then see the 9 dead
copies that remain and don't move.

I went to 'folder options' and am now displaying the system files.

Very interesting. I now see two desktop.ini files on my desktop and
one desktop.ini file in C:\Users\frank\Desktop.

The desktop.ini file in C:\Users\frank\Desktop has 17 lines of code, as
does one of the ini files on the desktop.

The second desktop.ini file on the desktop has only 2 lines of code,
and doesn't have a matching file in C:\Users\frank\Desktop.
the 2 lines of code:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799

Public\desktop has a desktop.ini file with the following 2 lines of
code:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799

The larger desktop.ini file on frank\Desktop:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=desktop
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
[LocalizedFileNames]
[email protected],-21779
..

your data:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell 32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183

The desktop.ini with only two lines of code and no IconResource line is
maybe suspect.

But I think I'll sleep on it before I do any experiments.

Thanks again for your help.


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