Desktop Icon Wont Perma-Delete

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I've deleted an icon for a folder on my Windows XP Professional desktop at
least 10 times, probably more over the last year. It re-appears at random
and is empty. I tried deleting it from Command, but it said the folder
didn't exist, however "dir" said it did. I'm really lost here as to how to
make this icon go away.

 

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Hi,

From the command prompt, try:

RD /s /q <directory_name>

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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

"ElanVital" <ElanVital@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've deleted an icon for a folder on my Windows XP Professional desktop at
> least 10 times, probably more over the last year. It re-appears at random
> and is empty. I tried deleting it from Command, but it said the folder
> didn't exist, however "dir" said it did. I'm really lost here as to how
> to
> make this icon go away.
>
>