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O.P. Delete Desktop Icon
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.
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02-04-2007 01:30 AM
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RE: Delete Desktop Icon
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....
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02-04-2007 01:33 AM
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RE: Delete Desktop Icon
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Unlocker-Download-21518.html
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RE: Delete Desktop Icon
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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.
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RE: Delete Desktop Icon
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
02-04-2007 01:43 AM
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O.P. RE: Delete Desktop Icon
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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.
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