Quick Start Icon - How to remove????

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Hi,

Try deleting the shortcut in this folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jim" <wdxp@cox.net> wrote in message
news:l815q0pdgglghjq58gb1nur87u8k81a4n8@4ax.com...
>I went to the site of the International Chili Society, and somehow
> this site left an Icon of Internet Explorer over a sheet of paper in
> my quick start try, next to the START on taskbar in XP Professional.
> I try to run it and get error message saying "This Internet short
> cannot be opened because failed to run". If you place the mouse
> pointer over this icon, it reads "International Chili Society". If I
> try to delete the icon, I get the error message "Error Deleting File
> or Folder - Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or
> disk".
>
> How can I get rid of this uninvited guest? How can a web site put an
> icon in the quick start tray?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>