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franknark
A Vista SP1 Home Premium problem - 9 live icons covering 9 dead icons:
Several days ago I had a desktop with 9 live, working icons at the bottom of
the desktop. ie: recycle bin, computer, network, control panel, etc. The
9th icon was a folder called 'powershell'.
Several days ago I deleted the 'powershell' folder, and, underneath that
folder, was surprised to find a dead copy of the 'powershell' folder. The
deleted 'powershell' folder was in the recycle bin, and an undeleted dead
copy on the desktop.
This dead copy cannot be accessed with selection, left-click, or right-click
operations - so the 'Properties' info cannot be displayed.
Left, right, up, down arrow keys cannot move an icon selection area to this
dead icon.
A desktop refresh has no affect - a restart has no affect.
The C:\Users\frank\Desktop directory list does not show the dead folder.
Creating a new desktop folder with the same name 'powershell' does not upset
vista. This can be done either on top of the dead folder or somewhere else
on the desktop. Deleting the live 'powershell' has no affect on the dead
'powershell' folder.
It turns out that all 9 live icons were covering 9 dead icons. When a
selection area is drawn around the 9 icons, and the area with 9 icons moved
up to the middle of the screen, the 9 dead icons remain. None of them can be
accessed or deleted.
Any suggestions about getting rid of the dead icons?
Thanks in advance.
Several days ago I had a desktop with 9 live, working icons at the bottom of
the desktop. ie: recycle bin, computer, network, control panel, etc. The
9th icon was a folder called 'powershell'.
Several days ago I deleted the 'powershell' folder, and, underneath that
folder, was surprised to find a dead copy of the 'powershell' folder. The
deleted 'powershell' folder was in the recycle bin, and an undeleted dead
copy on the desktop.
This dead copy cannot be accessed with selection, left-click, or right-click
operations - so the 'Properties' info cannot be displayed.
Left, right, up, down arrow keys cannot move an icon selection area to this
dead icon.
A desktop refresh has no affect - a restart has no affect.
The C:\Users\frank\Desktop directory list does not show the dead folder.
Creating a new desktop folder with the same name 'powershell' does not upset
vista. This can be done either on top of the dead folder or somewhere else
on the desktop. Deleting the live 'powershell' has no affect on the dead
'powershell' folder.
It turns out that all 9 live icons were covering 9 dead icons. When a
selection area is drawn around the 9 icons, and the area with 9 icons moved
up to the middle of the screen, the 9 dead icons remain. None of them can be
accessed or deleted.
Any suggestions about getting rid of the dead icons?
Thanks in advance.