Windows 10: Unable to delete desktop icons without deleting programs

Discus and support Unable to delete desktop icons without deleting programs in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; When I try to delete desktop shortcuts to programs Windows 10 tries to delete the actual program. In addition, the shortcuts only appear on the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by AnthonyBarker137, Oct 2, 2019.

  1. Unable to delete desktop icons without deleting programs


    When I try to delete desktop shortcuts to programs Windows 10 tries to delete the actual program. In addition, the shortcuts only appear on the desktop, but do not appear in the desktop folder in Explorer. How do I get rid/delete/unpin these shortcuts without deleting the program?

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    AnthonyBarker137, Oct 2, 2019
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  2. Error 404 Win User

    Removing desktop icons

    I want to remove some Icons from my desktop, but Vista asks for Admin permission to continue (I'm not an admin *Frown Unable to delete desktop icons without deleting programs :( ).
    It seems that whenever I delete one of these icons from my desktop, it is also removed from all the other user accounts. For example, I deleted the Skype icon from my desktop, and it was then removed from everyone elses as well.
    How can I delete icons from my desktop only, without affecting anyone elses?
     
    Error 404, Oct 2, 2019
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  3. Mussels Win User
    Removing desktop icons

    the icons are located in 'all users' folder somewhere (for example, i see a few shared icons in "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" )

    The only way to fix those, is to remove the icons from there, and place them on to each users desktops manually. an admin may need to do this.
     
    Mussels, Oct 2, 2019
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  4. rootsrat Win User

    Unable to delete desktop icons without deleting programs

    Unable to delete an empty icon from desktop (copied and pasted


    Hi. I came across a very annoying problem. In the rush of multitasking I copied a folder that was being deleted at the time and pasted it onto my Desktop. Now I have an empty folder icon on my desktop with no name and I can't do anything with it.


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    None of the options in the context menu work, pressing Delete doesn't work either. When I list contents of my desktop in CMD using DIR command it doesn't display any directories either, as if the folder wasn't there at all.

    Please can you help me remove it?
     
    rootsrat, Oct 2, 2019
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