Deleting Favorites

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Noncenx

All of a sudden I'm not able to delete certain entries in my Favorites menu.

When I click on the shortcut I want to delete I get an error message saying
"The Internet Shortcut cannot be opened because failed to run". I try and
delete it and get this message "Cannot Delete Access Denied. Make sure the
disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not in use".

This only occurs on certain ones preventing me from changing or removing
them. I'm not having any problems with the others. They can be moved,
renamed or deleted w/o any problems. But on 6 of my entries I can't do
anything with them.

This occurs using the organize function of the Favorites menu or going
through Windows Explorer >Documents and Settings >Favorites.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Noncenx said:
All of a sudden I'm not able to delete certain entries in my
Favorites menu.

When I click on the shortcut I want to delete I get an error message
saying "The Internet Shortcut cannot be opened because failed to
run". I try and delete it and get this message "Cannot Delete Access
Denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that
the file is not in use".

This only occurs on certain ones preventing me from changing or
removing them. I'm not having any problems with the others. They
can be moved, renamed or deleted w/o any problems. But on 6 of my
entries I can't do anything with them.

This occurs using the organize function of the Favorites menu or going
through Windows Explorer >Documents and Settings >Favorites.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Do a right click on it and see if it has a read only attribute. If so
change it and see if that helps.
 
I guess they're in use. Go off-line and click Favorites then rightclick them
again and the delete should work.
 

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