Cant Delete Desktop Icon

I have a desktop icon that will not go away. I just did a system recovery from last week and it is still there. I tried everything i think. Here is a picture of what it says to me.



They didnt even name the sing right This icon was to go to a Guitar Pro 5 song, and i deleted the song because i didnt need it anymore and the icon is still there and wont go away. Im running Vista Home Premium 64bit. Please help me

 

See if Unlocker helps.

 

something as simple as restarting could help..... or safe mode.....

 

Tried everything.. i mean everything. I restarted about 10 times this morning. Ill try safe mode and if that doesnt work ill try this Unlocker.

 

Try refreshing the desktop - with all windows minimized, hit F5 or right click and select refresh.

 

Safe mode.

 

try right clicking on it and hit add to archive, then check off delete files after archiving, then you should have a zip file. then try deleting the zip file. i had an icon i couldn't delete once and this worked. im using win rar dunno if you have it, probably work with win zip too.

you can also try to delete it with the command prompt. open it up type "cd (the directory of your desktop mine is C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop)" then type "del (file name with extension"

@christ the tiger i cant send you a pm for some reason and i don't wanna discuss the theme in this thread do you have an email or something i can send it to you

 

JDogg, can I get get a buddy request from you? I need to ask you what Vista skin you had in YOUR "Desktop Folder Won't Delete" thread, from January 22nd.

As far as deleting the desktop icon, you could try deleting the Desktop folder, located at C:\(your user account)\Desktop, and making a new one. I recently encountered the same problem, which is how I stumbled upon JDogg's thread from a while back, and that seemed to work.

 

ughhh. None of these worked so far =/

 

Try reading this:

http://help.lockergnome.com/vista/Desktop-Icons-delete-ftopict65186.html

 

Physically drag the Icon to the recycle bin then empty it worked for me in the same type of situation

 

haha yeah.. not like i tried that ^

 

And i just read the link you sent me. Didnt work. This is going to bother me for a loooong time

 

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Its probably because its a new account and I don't have enough post count.

Anyways, Campe, making a new Desktop folder didn't work? It worked twice for myself. Go to C:\Users\(your name) and delete the Desktop, then make a new folder called Desktop. It should work, since it'd eradicate the entire desktop, but you should probably save all of the other icons before you delete the folder.

 

yeah i tried that too. This is what i get when i try it.



I have NO IDEA what to do

 

Here's something else to try:

http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/mi...agement/246040-could-not-find-item-again.html

The answer is in the last post.

 

You could also try changing your display depth from 32bit to 16bit, reboot, and then switch back to 32bit. I had an odd icon issue a while ago, and rebuilding the icon cache didn't work, but that little switch did the trick.

 

This thing happened to me before: what tricks solved my problem?

REBOOT

hope this helps...

 

Nope - rebooting didn't help the OP.

 

Reboot again? I remember I did it twice or more... how about System Restore?
OK, Try Unlocker it's a nice utility.

 

Ughhh. Unlocker didnt do anything.

 

Ok. I give up on just about everything. I still have the OS Disk that came with my Gateway. If i use that disk and re-install the OS, will i still have all the stuff that came with my laptop? Such as the Camera Assistant software and Gateway Games and stuff?

 

Did you try changing the screen depth (32-16-reboot-32 bit)? And did you try the other link I provided?

 

If by Screen Depth you mean the color to 16 bit then no. Ill try that now.

 

Just tried that. Nothin works

 

Have you tried creating a file so the shortcut has something to point to? Go to wherever the location of the file was, and make a new file with the old name.

 

You could also create a new user with admin rights, log in with the new user, then browse to the old user's desktop and see if you can delete the shortcut.

 

i tried the 1st one. And about your second post.. could i just make a new user in the admin group, and then delete this user? That way i would start fresh right?

 

Yes, you could do that.

 

Well thats a lot easier then re-installing the OS lol

 

Before you delete the olduser, makesure you save all the data

I am pretty surprised unlocker didn't work. Without reading everything, did you boot into safe mode with command prompt and try deleting it with the trusty old del command

 

I would buy a new screen as that way your guarenteed to get rid of it, sell your other screen on ebay and just put in the description that it comes with a slight fault where an icon is stuck to the screen that won`t go away. Its not your problem then.

 

It would be rather roundabout, but could you burn a live CD of say Ubuntu and delete the shortcut using that? That way there's no way Windows can block its removal since it's not running. Might be worth a shot.

 

haha i think ill just make a new user. If i delete this user then all the programs will be gone.. right?

 

No, the programs are not deleted. Only the data that resides in that user's profile will be deleted. For example, any files in the My Documents directory will be deleted.

 

Ahh ok. I went over all the options, and this just seems the easiest way to get that icon off. Thanks a lot for all those who helped.

 

Yes you can.

 

That won't delete anything that isn't user-specific (e.g., documents and apps that were only installed for that one user, not all users); on top of which, if you installed anything under that user account for all users, you may find yourself stuck with what I would call "orphaned" files (and registry keys) that are associated with a now-nonexistent "owner" with the result that, if the file or the registry key is a sensitive security issue, you may not be able to either delete or change the file or key, and may be prevented from doing certain updates.

 

just delete it in command using the icons direct path. I did this for a pesky icon before.