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Windows Vista desktop icons galore

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by wyodan59, 2009/04/11.

  1. 2009/04/11
    wyodan59

    wyodan59 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hello My daughter has somehow put all of her music on the desktop. There is an icon for all of her songs. I need to know how to get them off. I tried a system restore. no change. I tried to delete them and they came back. Can anyone tell me how to get them off? Thanks
     
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    BurrWalnut

    BurrWalnut Well-Known Member Alumni

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    Try removing them this way:

    Click the Windows Orb (Start), type Shell:Desktop and press Enter. Change the View to Details, identify the shortcuts and delete them.

    Repeat the command using Shell:Common Desktop, just in case they have found their way into the public folder.


    NOTE. The first command above is creating a smiley. It should be, without any spaces Shell : Desktop
     
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    Arie

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    There's a checkbox to avoid that: Disable smilies in text.
     
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    wyodan59

    wyodan59 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I will have her stop the smileys. Thanks for the help
     
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  6. 2009/04/12
    Arie

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    wyodan59, my comment about smilies was addressed to BurrWalnut
     
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