duplicate icons

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It sounds like the icons are both in the "All User" Desktop folder and in the user's Desktop folder.

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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
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How can I clean up (or remove) duplicate icons from the
deskop?
 
Yoy are right it does sound like that, but Ihave checked
and only my user profile has thos icons. If i delete one
the other stays, but if i click on it I et a message
thatthe folder was moved or remove. I still need help.
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It sounds like the icons are both in the "All User"
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Desktop folder and in the user's Desktop folder.
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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
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You are right it does sound like that, but I have checked
and only my user profile has those icons. If I delete one
icon its duplicate stays, but if I click on it I get a
message that the folder was moved or remove. I still need
help.
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It sounds like the icons are both in the "All User"
Desktop folder and in the user's Desktop folder.
 
When both are there, what are the 2 paths? Right-click, Properties, and General.

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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

You are right it does sound like that, but I have checked
and only my user profile has those icons. If I delete one
icon its duplicate stays, but if I click on it I get a
message that the folder was moved or remove. I still need
help.
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It sounds like the icons are both in the "All User"
Desktop folder and in the user's Desktop folder.
 
They are identical for example
icon 1 C:\Documents and Settings\mac\Desktop
icon 2 C:\Documents and Settings\mac\Desktop
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When both are there, what are the 2 paths? Right-click, Properties, and General.

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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

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What apps or files are these icons linked to? Can you delete both and recreate them fresh?

Another idea is to delete the file: C:\Winnt\ShellIconCache.

This will force Windows to recreate them fresh itself. Sometimes this file gets corrupted.

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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

They are identical for example
icon 1 C:\Documents and Settings\mac\Desktop
icon 2 C:\Documents and Settings\mac\Desktop
-----Original Message-----
When both are there, what are the 2 paths? Right-click, Properties, and General.

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The answer is probably already posted.
MS KB: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=fh;EN-US;KBHOWTO
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Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems
Marly, Switzerland
mark-allen_AT_mvps_DOT_org

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