Vista: desktop shortcuts will not delete help please :)

[fend]

Hi, hoping this is in the right catagory,

ok, when a program puts a shortcut on the desktop, if I go to delete it by
right clicking or even just highlighting & hitting delete on the keyboard the
computer just stops responding, get a message saying 'windows explorer has
stopped working' & that it is trying to find a solution which it doesnt, just
goes blank then comes back to desktop like its reloading. (if I put something
on the desktop I can delete it, just seems to be shortcuts, even ones I have
put on)

hope you can understand what I am saying & that you are able to help.

Thanks

 

[Navigator]

Hi, hoping this is in the right catagory,

ok, when a program puts a shortcut on the desktop, if I go to delete it by
right clicking or even just highlighting & hitting delete on the keyboard the
computer just stops responding, get a message saying 'windows explorer has
stopped working' & that it is trying to find a solution which it doesnt, just
goes blank then comes back to desktop like its reloading. (if I put something
on the desktop I can delete it, just seems to be shortcuts, even ones I have
put on)

hope you can understand what I am saying & that you are able to help.

Thanks

No, it's not the right group. Do you see VISTA in the group title?

Ask elsewhere

 

[Andrew E.]

If vista has some xp properties,R.click the
desktop,properties,display,customize,
web tab,locate the "desktop clean up wizard" select to:"run now" It'll
clean up
youre desktop.

 

[M.I.5¾]

No, it's not the right group. Do you see VISTA in the group title?

Ask elsewhere

** STOP POSTING SPAM **

Ignore the little 13 year old mentally retarded turd. He is our resident
****wit.

Your question is welcome especially as many cannot access the Vista
newsgroups.

 

[Olórin]

Hi, hoping this is in the right catagory,

ok, when a program puts a shortcut on the desktop, if I go to delete it by
right clicking or even just highlighting & hitting delete on the keyboard
the
computer just stops responding, get a message saying 'windows explorer has
stopped working' & that it is trying to find a solution which it doesnt,
just
goes blank then comes back to desktop like its reloading. (if I put
something
on the desktop I can delete it, just seems to be shortcuts, even ones I
have
put on)

hope you can understand what I am saying & that you are able to help.

Thanks

No, of course it's not the right category for this group - this is an XP
group, as its title indicates, and you know your problem is with Vista. Why
would you choose this one rather than one with Vista in the title, eg
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general?

PS I wouldn't run a cleanup, as Andrew E. suggests.