not able to delete from desktop

not able to delete a short cut from desktop it says ' could not find the item'


dont know what to do

Is the shortcut pointing to something that doesn't exist anymore? Have you tried going through Explorer to the Desktop to see if the shortcut is still there? How about after a restart...do you still have the same problem?

DeaconFrost said:

Is the shortcut pointing to something that doesn't exist anymore? Have you tried going through Explorer to the Desktop to see if the shortcut is still there? How about after a restart...do you still have the same problem?

its a short cut of jpg file which is i deleted around 4 days back but a blank (white) short cut is there. it shows in the explorer too.

Jacee said:

Have you emptied the recycle bin? Go into safe mode, right click to run as Administrator and delete it.

yaa cleaned the bin... how to go in safe mode and further... pls help,

[QUOTE=Brink;1272255]Hello JoJokhan, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If restarting the computer doesn't get rid of it, then you might see if using the free program Unlocker on it may be able to allow you to delete it afterwards.

Hope this helps,

Thanks shawn, downloaded unlocker and it worked.... once again thanks a lot.

Jacee said:

Reboot into safe mode

Restart the computer
Immediately begin gently tapping the <F8> key.
Use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode and press the <Enter> key

Thanks a lot for help, finally I got rid of it.... once again thanks...