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Delete Desktop Icon by Chris4 on 02-04-2007 at 01:30 AM

I've got an icon on my desktop that I can't delete.
It's Sony Ericsson Desktop Manager and comes with my phone drivers, which I need to transfer files to my phone and vice-versa.

It's similar to the Messenger Plus! Sponsor, which places icons on your desktop. It doesn't have a delete option or properties. I want it off my desktop. I can't find anything in the program options.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

RE: Delete Desktop Icon by CookieRevised on 02-04-2007 at 01:33 AM

Uninstall the program (or the part of the program which is repsonsible for the "icon").

Note that such "icons" are not icons or shortcuts, they are actually program windows stuck on your desktop. Hence why there aren't th normal right-click context menus like 'delete' etc; it is a program running, not an icon....

RE: Delete Desktop Icon by tony on 02-04-2007 at 01:34 AM

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Unlocker-Download-21518.html

RE: Delete Desktop Icon by CookieRevised on 02-04-2007 at 01:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tony
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Unlocker-Download-21518.html
That isn't going to help at all. In fact, if anything, it will make things even worse.
RE: Delete Desktop Icon by WDZ on 02-04-2007 at 01:43 AM

See if you can disable it via the Desktop tab of Tweak UI.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powe...s/xppowertoys.mspx

A Google search suggests that that might work. :p

RE: Delete Desktop Icon by Chris4 on 02-04-2007 at 01:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
See if you can disable it via the Desktop tab of Tweak UI.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powe...s/xppowertoys.mspx

A Google search suggests that that might work. :p
Thanks WDZ! Perfect :D

Thanks for your help Cookie and Tony.