Resolved Unsolicited Icon appeared on desktop

It appeared a day or two ago, no idea why/how.

It's "Administrative Tools" which is also of course in the programs listed in the Start menu.

It isn't a shortcut. When I right click on it I am presented with


Open
Browse with PaintShop Pro7
Run Sandboxed
Search Everything... ***
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Unlocker (a utility program)
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Create Shortcut




How can I get rid of it?


*** Never really noticed Search Everything before. Clicking on it out of curiosity produces the notice that "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel." What's that all about?

 

With the Desktop icon selected, i.e. with the mouse curser over it so it's highlighted, pressing the Delete key has no effect.

If I click on Admin Tools in either the Start program list or on the desktop icon they both give me the same choice and clicking on any of those choices in either of them opens the chosen option. The two Admin Tools are almost like twins/clones.

However, clicking on the desktop Icon opens a window like that of a folder. It has two rows of buttons. I can click on Edit/Select All and then File/Delete, and all eight icons within Admin Tools get sent to the Recycle Bin, and Admin Tools selected in the Start menu reflects this too - it's empty. I did, of course, restore them.

I haven't any restore points from a day or two ago. They all got flushed out when I used Temp File Cleaner (from www.addpcs.com)

 

Hmmm, interest in this problem soon petered out, didn't it?

I found this link, http://www.winxptutor.com/download/admintools.zip which reinstated the Admin Tools' content and also got rid of the desktop icon.