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Re: Off Topic: Weird Problem with desktop icon



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Go to the "Desktop" directory on your hard-drive (example: 
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Traceroute.url
) -- find the specific reference to the Icon and delete it there
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At 11:10 PM 08/30/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a shortcut icon on my windows desktop that I created when I went to
>the Andrews Pitchfork Primer webpage.  When I right clicked on the web site
>to create the shortcut it created an incredibly long string of text as the
>description that appears when you highlight the desktop icon.
>
>Now I cannot delete it.  When I try to delete it I get an  error message
>"Cannot delete file.  The filename you specified is invalid or too long.
>Specify a different filename."
>
>If I right click on the link I do not get the normal menu.
>
>Any suggestions as to how this can be removed will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Bill