Cannot delete desktop icon

[Shirley]

This is driving me bananas! I have a desktop icon that simply will not allow
me to delete it. I have tried going into the registry...all the way down the
chain to 'desktop' and it is not listed there now, but is still on my
desktop. Message I receive when trying to delete it says it can't read from
the source disk. It actually was an email that I saved to the desktop >>>
won't be doing that ever again!
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Larry Gardner]

Normally icons on the desktop are shortcuts. Did you try right click on the
icon, and see if there was a Find Target button? Is it enabled?
What shows as part of the tabs across the top?

 

[witan]

Normally icons on the desktop are shortcuts. Did you try right click on the
icon, and see if there was a Find Target button? Is it enabled?
What shows as part of the tabs across the top?

This is another problem that keeps cropping up repeatedly in this
forum. Try using the"Utility for Deleting Invalid Files",
DelinvFile.exe, which can be downloaded (free) from
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
If it works for you, please do let us know.
Regards
witan

 

[S.Sengupta]

What happens in Safe mode?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Shirley]

This is another problem that keeps cropping up repeatedly in this
forum. Try using the"Utility for Deleting Invalid Files",
DelinvFile.exe, which can be downloaded (free) from
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
If it works for you, please do let us know.
Regards
witan

Thank you!!!!
Worked like a charm
Thanks to all that responded, as well. I really appreciate your help.