running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via the
control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop. when i
choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated program, and
cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a simple
answer?

In addition to Brinks suggestions, you can also boot into Safe Mode and try
deleting the shortcut.
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"climbingrose" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BB0E6E5F-4B09-475A-95EE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via the
> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop. when
> i
> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated program,
> and
> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a
> simple
> answer?

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In addition to Brinks suggestions, you can also boot into Safe Mode
> and try deleting the shortcut.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> "climbingrose" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:BB0E6E5F-4B09-475A-95EE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program
>> via the
>> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
>> when i
>> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
>> program, and
>> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be
>> a simple
>> answer?
>
>
I haven't seen OP or Brink's message but
does 'Refresh' from a desktop right click make any difference ?

Tom

oh my gosh... i need to say DUH! thank you brink, refresh worked beautifully.

"brink" wrote:

>
> climbingrose;560449 Wrote:
> > running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program via
> > the
> > control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
> > when i
> > choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
> > program, and
> > cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be a
> > simple
> > answer?
>
> Hi ClimbingRose,
>
> You can try to press F5 to refresh the desktop to see if it the icon
> will go away then. If not, then try restarting the computer to clear
> it.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> '*Vista Forums*'
> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

Thank you Tom.. this, for me, is a huge DUH moment! that sure worked like a
dream. just refreshed from the right click and voila.

"Tom Allen" wrote:

>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In addition to Brinks suggestions, you can also boot into Safe Mode
> > and try deleting the shortcut.
> > --
> > Andre
> > Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> > My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> > http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> > "climbingrose" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:BB0E6E5F-4B09-475A-95EE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> running vista premium home edition... after uninstalling a program
> >> via the
> >> control panel add/remove program, it left the shortcut on my desktop.
> >> when i
> >> choose to delete the shortcut, it searches, finds no associated
> >> program, and
> >> cannot delete it. i am unable to get rid of it, frustrated.. must be
> >> a simple
> >> answer?
> >
> >
> I haven't seen OP or Brink's message but
> does 'Refresh' from a desktop right click make any difference ?
>
> Tom
>
>
>