How to delete a system desktop icon

[Greg Oliva]

I uninstalled a program (The shield antivirus 2006) which did not delete the
desktop icon. When I right click the icon, there is no option to delete. How
can I get rid of this icon?

 

[Claymore]

Hello Greg,

If you open Explorer and click on Desktop (at the top), highlight the
offending shortcut, and either click the delete icon on the toolbar or
File => Delete, does that do it?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Greg,

It could be a namespace icon. See if TweakUI Powertoy lists it.

TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB].
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I uninstalled a program (The shield antivirus 2006) which did not delete the
desktop icon. When I right click the icon, there is no option to delete. How
can I get rid of this icon?

 

[Greg Oliva]

That didn't work.
I found the entry in the registry and deleted it. That worked!