Can't delete desktop icon!

[gump1976]

Hi, I am trying to remove an icon from my desktop and I cant. It's been there for awhile and I'm not sure how it got there. I cannot rename it or delete it because I get an error message that says "Cannot read from the source file or disk". I've had it with this icon! Please help. The icon picture is the windows splash, and it's name is "2".
Thanks.

Matt

 

[kippy13]

Hi,
This sounds like malware, non-virus, and your NAV did not see it.

Download and run in this order:

cwshredder *
SpyBot 1.2 *
AdAware *

* = Update the definition files within the program as the first step.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=sp#det

If everything shows up fine:
Download the application here, it will delete the file on next start up.

http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=products&nbs...;

Let me know how you get on.

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923

 

[sernarh]

You may start your PC in Safe Mode, then try to delete that icon.

 

[bcastner]

Assuming you have checked under the Web tab on your desktop to make sure it is not an Active Directory object, and can see the file under your Profile in the Desktop subdirectory, try Delete FXP, the freeware version to delete the file:

http://www.jrtwine.com/Products/DelFXPFiles/index.htm

 

[tsuji]

Hello gump1976,

Go to cmd prompt, and delete the icon (a link) using its exact shortname format. Cd to the desktop folder and use dir /x to discover/uncover its exact shortname.

regards - tsuji

 

[bcastner]

tsuji,

Will not work that way. The type of .lnk created is similar to that of a pinned Start Menu shortcut, and Windows will want access to the underlying file.

 

[gump1976]

Yes! omg its gone! Thanks everyone for your input. All I had to do was go into dos and delete it there, bam! gone! woo hoo. merry christmas to meeee. bye!!

 

[bcastner]

tsuji had it right, and I did not.