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  1. November 17th, 2009, 09:17 PM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] 7 Glitch

    OK guys, I got a weird glitch here.

    I have a new laptop running win7 home premium-64. As I was installing all of my programs I created a couple shortcuts for two of them on my desktop. I then had the shortcuts pinned to the quicklaunch toolbar, and I deleted the original shortcuts from my desktop...dragged them to the recycle bin.

    Now, whenever I restart or log off/on these two shortcuts reappear on the desktop, and they rearrange all of my other desktop icons when it happens. I have removed them several times but they always reappear no matter how I delete them...very irritating

    I've already checked my startup folder and they are not there.

    I checked in the msconfig startup list and they are not in there either.

    So, what do I have to do to get rid of these pesky, stubborn shortcuts?

    Thanks...Randy
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  2. November 18th, 2009, 12:18 PM #2
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    Right-click the Desktop, choose "personalise", then in the left-hand pane, click "Change desktop icons". See if they've ended up in there somehow.
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  3. November 18th, 2009, 07:32 PM #3
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    Nope. The only thing checked in there is the recycle bin. The "Allow themes to change desktop icons" box is checked.

    Thanks SS...Randy
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  4. November 19th, 2009, 06:56 AM #4
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    Problem solved. I finally figured out that it was one of my programs that I had just installed that was creating the icons.

    I use Virtual CD, as I have several different CD's and DVD's that I need for my job, and I don't like switching discs all the time when I need a different one than is in the drive. Virtual CD works very well for me and I have been using it for years. But, since I just got a new computer with windows 7 on it I had to upgrade the program to the latest version, and the new version automatically creates icons for the drives on the desktop whenever a disc is inserted. I didn't know that it would do that, as the old version I was using never did.

    Once I realized what was happening I went into the options and turned off that feature and now I have my desktop the way I want it.

    Thanks for the help...Randy
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  6. November 19th, 2009, 10:55 AM #5
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    You're very welcome, I'm glad you got it sorted out
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