Icons wont go away on desk top

rhondas · 01-31-2006, 11:40 AM

I did a Right click on My Computer and select Explore. On the left side of the screen, clicked on Desktop. saw a list of items on my desktop. Just dragged and dropped the files to the new location .

the first part above worked but when
I did it and when I did a scanreg they all came back, I can get the list up through my computer then click explore and then desk top but what can I do to get rid of them all off the desk top I tried high light select all and delet, it dosnt work

suprasteve · 01-31-2006, 05:09 PM

I think you need to put them in a folder other than the My Computer folder, like make a folder in C that says "stuff from desktop" or whatever you like and put the stuff you don't want in there. The My Computer folder isn't really a folder on the computer, actually the only thing that sometimes parents it is the desktop, though in reality it should me in like C:/Documents and Settings/'your username'/Desktop. That folder is also a good place to delete things you no longer want on the desktop, deleting them straight from the desktop should work too, but I think you had problems with this if I remember correctly

rhondas · 02-01-2006, 12:44 AM

OK Ill try it tonite thanks so much

01-31-2006, 11:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
rhondas Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 60	Icons wont go away on desk top I did a Right click on My Computer and select Explore. On the left side of the screen, clicked on Desktop. saw a list of items on my desktop. Just dragged and dropped the files to the new location . the first part above worked but when I did it and when I did a scanreg they all came back, I can get the list up through my computer then click explore and then desk top but what can I do to get rid of them all off the desk top I tried high light select all and delet, it dosnt work

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01-31-2006, 05:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	I think you need to put them in a folder other than the My Computer folder, like make a folder in C that says "stuff from desktop" or whatever you like and put the stuff you don't want in there. The My Computer folder isn't really a folder on the computer, actually the only thing that sometimes parents it is the desktop, though in reality it should me in like C:/Documents and Settings/'your username'/Desktop. That folder is also a good place to delete things you no longer want on the desktop, deleting them straight from the desktop should work too, but I think you had problems with this if I remember correctly

02-01-2006, 12:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
rhondas Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 60	OK Ill try it tonite thanks so much