What is the correct way to remove desktop shortcuts(XP) from unused/removed programs?
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just make sure you go to add/remove programs to remove it first and then make sure the icon has been deleted if not right click it and hit delete
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Go to "Control Panel", then go to "Add/Remove Programs". Have a look at the list of programs that are installed on your computer. Click on the one you want to remove and hit the "Uninstall" button!
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Start>control panel>add/remove programs
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You should be able to go into your controll panel to the add/remove programs and take it off there
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from the control panel - add/remove programs
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You can remove program using the add/remove programs on your control panel, but sometimes they dont delete the keys in regedit. You can just type regedit under RUN and then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then go to the software folder and delete the keys if they exist.\n\nThat would remove it completely.
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add and remove programs u can uninstall what ever u don't want or need
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if it doesn't have the uninstall feature and doesn't apper in control panel just delete the folder from program files
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click start-control panel-add and remove programs then delete
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There are three ways to uninstall/remove a program.\n1) Stop the program by right clicking on the icon in the taskbar and then try to uninstall in add/remove program.\n2) Boot your computer in safe mode by pressing F8 and selecting safe mode from the menu while restarting , then follow step 1.\n3)Remove the program from startup menu as follows\n(start > run > type msconfig\npress ok.   Click on startup, uncheck it from the list. click on apply. click on ok. press restart. Check the window that appears after restart, press ok)\nThen go to control panel > add/remove program to uninstall.\n\nIf nothing of the above works. Then The best way to remove unwanted programs which you can not remove from add/remove dialog in control panel on your computer is to remove it from registry. If you are comfortable with manually editing registry, otherwise use registry cleaning software like RegScrubXP to remove the entries of offending software from registry and then use a cleaning software like ccleaner to remove other files such as exes, dlls etc created by the offending program. \nFree RegScrubXP registry cleaner\nhttp://bestofrest.blogspot.com/2006/11/regscrubxp-registry-cleaner.html\n\ndownlod + install + run it.\nWhen you get in the software window.\nClick on user defined problems button.\nIt will display all entries in windows registry under different categories. So scroll down the list till you reach a category company. In this category look at the names in full key, and Main key. If you locate the name there, then check the box in front of its entry and press the button Fix selected entries. It should remove the entry from the registry.\nAfter that you will need another software to remove other files created by the program on your computer. It is ccleaner, if you do not have it already; read how to use it and then download it from here.\nhttp://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-use-ccleaner.html
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XP has this desktop cleanup wizard which moves unused icons on the desktop.\nCheck if that is the coz of the problem\n\nTo enable / Disable it DO the following:\nTo remove unused desktop icons\nOpen Display in Control Panel. \nOn the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop. \nUnder Desktop cleanup, click Clean Desktop Now. \nFollow the directions in the Desktop Cleanup Wizard. \n Notes\n\nTo open Display, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Display. \nThe Desktop Cleanup Wizard displays a list of the desktop icons that have not been used for 60 days or more, enabling you to remove those icons that you don't want on your desktop. You can retrieve icons you have removed by opening the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder on your desktop. \nClear the Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days check box if you don't want the wizard to run automatically every two months. \nYou can remove an individual desktop icon by right-clicking the icon and then clicking Delete. \nTo add or remove the icons for My Documents, My Computer, My Network Places, or Internet Explorer, select or clear those items under Desktop icons. \n\nCheers !!!!
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go into control panel,click on the add/remove programs icon,,scroll down the list and see if it;s listed..if so then remove it from there.if it's not listed in add/remove...go to start>run and type in name of tool bar,do a search and when it shows in search place,right click and delete it.
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go to Control panel, Add/Remove programs.. take out the garbage...
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u dont necesarilly have to delete them, just go to the menu bar ant click on VIEW then on TOOLBARS and then click on the toolbar/s u dont want to see, if not u can go to CONTROL PANEL and click on ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS and delete the toolbar/s completly.\n\nhope i helped
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try removing the programs by using the uninstall utility that came along with the program and not from Add/remove programs.. then u can use some registry cleaner to remove and leftover entries in the registry.
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go to control panel and use the add remove programs
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Well simply select delete. As you are trying to delete shortcut to application. the windows try to show that it is smart and hence ask you weather you want to delete the file or uninstall the application. As you said you just want to delete the duplicate shortcuts then just select delete.