Desk top folder question

[homepc]

There are a couple of desk top folders Windows XP created and they are now
in the Unused desk top folder.

Internet Explorer.{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
Microsoft Outlook.{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
These folders appear as a file folder icon.

The Outlook folder seems to do nothing. I have MS Outlook installed but I
do not use it. I use OE. The folder is empty and doesn't launch anything.
There used to be an Outlook icon, but Windows mysteriously deleted it during
a recent unsolicited desk top clean up. There is still a shortcut to
Outlook via the start button.

The IE folder appears empty, but it launches IE. I have a separate icon
elsewhere to launch IE, although I use Firefox as a web browser.


Question: why were these created and can I delete them without corrupting
anything. I know icons are usually just pointers that can be deleted. But
Windows created these two folders, so I want to know for sure if I can get
rid of them for should I just leave them ignored. I am running Windows XP
SP3.

 

[Twayne]

There are a couple of desk top folders Windows XP created and they

are now in the Unused desk top folder.

Internet Explorer.{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
Microsoft Outlook.{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
These folders appear as a file folder icon.

The Outlook folder seems to do nothing. I have MS Outlook installed
but I do not use it. I use OE. The folder is empty and doesn't
launch anything. There used to be an Outlook icon, but Windows
mysteriously deleted it during a recent unsolicited desk top clean
up. There is still a shortcut to Outlook via the start button.

The IE folder appears empty, but it launches IE. I have a separate
icon elsewhere to launch IE, although I use Firefox as a web browser.


Question: why were these created and can I delete them without
corrupting anything. I know icons are usually just pointers that can
be deleted. But Windows created these two folders, so I want to know
for sure if I can get rid of them for should I just leave them
ignored. I am running Windows XP SP3.

Right click, Properties for each icon. If they are short cuts, it'll
say so.

Instead of deleting them, rename them by adding OLD to the end and see
if anything goes wrong. If it does, rename them back.

 

[homepc]

Right click, Properties for each icon. If they are short cuts, it'll say
so.

Instead of deleting them, rename them by adding OLD to the end and see if
anything goes wrong. If it does, rename them back.

The properties say they are just empty folders. Yet when I click the IE
folder, it behaves like a short cut. I was thinking of just moving the
folders off the desk top over to the actual program file folder, so I can
retrieve them later if needed. Perhaps Windows created these folders for
future use if I should decide to add these icons back onto the desk top. I
have Googled these folder names, and they have something to do with adding
data to the regedit.exe to enable a desk top icon again.

 

[Twayne]

The properties say they are just empty folders. Yet when I click the
IE folder, it behaves like a short cut. I was thinking of just
moving the folders off the desk top over to the actual program file
folder, so I can retrieve them later if needed. Perhaps Windows
created these folders for future use if I should decide to add these
icons back onto the desk top. I have Googled these folder names, and
they have something to do with adding data to the regedit.exe to
enable a desk top icon again.

That's reasonable, too.

 

[homepc]

That's reasonable, too.

Moved the file folders off the desk top to the actual program files with no
problems. Thanks