Desktop icon won't delete

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By mistake I posted an icon for Windows Update on to the desktop. This will not move, delete, rename, etc. There is an error message saying "Cannot delete Windows Update (2): Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use"
How can I get rid of this unwanted icon?
 
Hi Chris,

Try this pictorial "Delete A File That Is Seemingly Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

Also try opening a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) change
directories to 'Documents and settings,\User name\Desktop' open Task
manager and end explorer.exe from there, and then type:
del name_of_icon


Then open explorer.exe by opening a new task in task manager.


Good luck
 
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