when we start up in the morning, we get MANY duplicate
icons on the desktop - all numbered - as many as 50 of
one item. It doesn't seem to affect anything else -
mostly a nuisance - unless there is an underlying problem
I don't see. Any suggestions?

Right click and delete all duplicates. easy isn't it?

"viqueen" wrote:

> when we start up in the morning, we get MANY duplicate
> icons on the desktop - all numbered - as many as 50 of
> one item. It doesn't seem to affect anything else -
> mostly a nuisance - unless there is an underlying problem
> I don't see. Any suggestions?
>

viqueen wrote:

> when we start up in the morning, we get MANY duplicate
> icons on the desktop - all numbered - as many as 50 of
> one item. It doesn't seem to affect anything else -
> mostly a nuisance - unless there is an underlying problem
> I don't see. Any suggestions?

If you delete the duplicates, do they reappear the next time you boot
the pc?

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Yes - but a real pain to repeat over and over and over
and over.... any idea WHY this is happening? I've run
spybot detectors and virus scans with no results...
>-----Original Message-----
>Right click and delete all duplicates. easy isn't it?
>
>"viqueen" wrote:
>
>> when we start up in the morning, we get MANY duplicate
>> icons on the desktop - all numbered - as many as 50 of
>> one item. It doesn't seem to affect anything else -
>> mostly a nuisance - unless there is an underlying
problem
>> I don't see. Any suggestions?
>>
>.
>

thanks for the reply! Yes - over and over and over - I
delete them every time. We have scanned for viruses and
restarted a number of times after 'cleaning up' - we have
an adaware program and 'search and destroy' - also tried
defraging - any idea WHY this is happening? Microsoft
had no answers except 'post your question' - and the only
other thing we have come up with is the DOS exploit
having to do with microsoft explorer...
>-----Original Message-----
>viqueen wrote:
>
>> when we start up in the morning, we get MANY duplicate
>> icons on the desktop - all numbered - as many as 50 of
>> one item. It doesn't seem to affect anything else -
>> mostly a nuisance - unless there is an underlying
problem
>> I don't see. Any suggestions?
>
>If you delete the duplicates, do they reappear the next
time you boot
>the pc?
>
>--
>The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the
Registry and
>data files regularly, and especially before making any
changes to their
>PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware
scans. I am not
>liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the
reader using advice
>posted here.
>
>.
>

I'd post your question rather than wasting people's time with hypothetical discussions.

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"viqueen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:a46701c486ec$a311e7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> thanks for the reply! Yes - over and over and over - I
> delete them every time. We have scanned for viruses and
> restarted a number of times after 'cleaning up' - we have
> an adaware program and 'search and destroy' - also tried
> defraging - any idea WHY this is happening? Microsoft
> had no answers except 'post your question' - and the only
> other thing we have come up with is the DOS exploit
> having to do with microsoft explorer...
> >-----Original Message-----
> >viqueen wrote:
> >
> >> when we start up in the morning, we get MANY duplicate
> >> icons on the desktop - all numbered - as many as 50 of
> >> one item. It doesn't seem to affect anything else -
> >> mostly a nuisance - unless there is an underlying
> problem
> >> I don't see. Any suggestions?
> >
> >If you delete the duplicates, do they reappear the next
> time you boot
> >the pc?
> >
> >--
> >The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the
> Registry and
> >data files regularly, and especially before making any
> changes to their
> >PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware
> scans. I am not
> >liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the
> reader using advice
> >posted here.
> >
> >.
> >

viqueen wrote:
> thanks for the reply! Yes - over and over and over - I
> delete them every time. We have scanned for viruses and
> restarted a number of times after 'cleaning up' - we have
> an adaware program and 'search and destroy' - also tried
> defraging - any idea WHY this is happening? Microsoft
> had no answers except 'post your question' - and the only
> other thing we have come up with is the DOS exploit
> having to do with microsoft explorer...

Does it happen in Safe Mode?

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