Desktop shortcut icons

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Guest

Get "access denied" when deleting subject icons. I have several shortcuts
that this is happening to. Using xp home. Tried right clicking and delete,
tried cmd prompt and the del command results in access denied also. Any
ideas?
 
R

Ramesh [MVP]

BigBoy,

Verify the file/folder permissions:

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Get "access denied" when deleting subject icons. I have several shortcuts
that this is happening to. Using xp home. Tried right clicking and delete,
tried cmd prompt and the del command results in access denied also. Any
ideas?
 

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