Windows 10: New accounts on Win 10 have shortcut to program on desktop which asks for msi installer

When I create a new account <Domain><User>on Win 10 I find I have a shortcut to a program <Program Name> on the desktop and an entry in the Programs menu , but when I click either of these Windows prompts me for the location of an installer, which it cannot find. The program may have been installed for all users from another account. The program shows in the list of installed programs shown by Control Panel-> Programs and Features, but there are no files in c:\Users\<AccountName>\Roaming\<Progam Name>, which generally appear after a program installation.


I cannot uninstall the program pointed to by the desktop shortcut as I do not have the file <Program Name>.msi and thus cannot install a new version of the program. How can I prevent this program from appearing on the desktop, the Programs menu and in the Installed programs list?


In the folder C:\Users\<Domain><User>\Desktop I do not see any shortcut to program<Program Name>. How does the shortcut appear when I log in as <Domain><User>?

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Hotmail desktop shortcut

Hi Paccomail,

In order for you to make a desktop shortcut to your Hotmail account you may follow the steps below:

1. Right-click on an empty space on your desktop, select New.
2. Select Shortcut.
3. Type the web address in the empty field provided.
4. After creating a new shortcut, a window will appear asking you for the location of the shortcut, type in
   www.hotmail.com.
5. Name the shortcut you just created, name this anything you like (ex. Hotmail or Hotmail Login.)
6. Click Finish.
7. Double-click on the shortcut to check if it is working.

Kindly reply to this thread in order for us to help you.

Regards.

 

virtual desktops programs shortcuts

I just updated to Win 10

and wondering about virtual desktop

1 - virtual desktop

these will be saved when shutting down ?

2 - program shortcuts and file shortcuts

on my main desktop I have a lot of shortcut for programs and files

is there a way to move shortcuts and how for program or files to another virtual desktop?

thanks for any feedback

 

Windows 10 commands/shortcuts/env. var.

Keyboard shortcuts to open programs:

Create a shortcut on the desktop to whatever program you want. Right click -> Properties and fill in the field there. Sadly the shortcut needs to remain on the desktop, but you can hide it.

Fun fact: If you had keyboard shortcuts for programs pinned to your Windows 7 start menu, those shortcuts still work when you update to Windows 10.