I can't delete a shortcut

[Shelley]

I had deleted a program. Then I saw on my desktop that the shortcut was still
there. I right clicked, the clicked on delete and I could not delete the
shortcut. It said the program was no longer available. Okay, I get this. But,
I still want to delete the shortcut. Shell

 

[Big Al]

I had deleted a program. Then I saw on my desktop that the shortcut was still
there. I right clicked, the clicked on delete and I could not delete the
shortcut. It said the program was no longer available. Okay, I get this. But,
I still want to delete the shortcut. Shell

I agree, there is no reason to not be able to delete the shortcut. Its
just a file on your desktop. Try just single clicking it to highlight
it, then hit the del key.

 

[Tony Meloche]

I agree, there is no reason to not be able to delete the shortcut. Its
just a file on your desktop. Try just single clicking it to highlight
it, then hit the del key.

Shel:

You can also try this - amazingly, it works about 50% of the time, so
it's worth a shot:

RENAME the shortcut to anything else, and then try to delete.

You can also try this: Go into "Search" and type in the box: ***.lnk.
That will bring up all the shortcuts on your computer. Look for the one
you want to get rid of, and try deleting it from there.

Tony

 

[ju.c]

If you double click it, like you were going to run it, a window should
pop up asking if you would like to delete the shortcut.


ju.c