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Can't remove icons

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Allen

Flightless Bird
Today I tried to delete a couple of items from the desktop, using the
tried-and-true right click-delete method, but it didn't work. The only
thing I've done intentionally since it last worked was to download last
week's updates. Anyone else have this problem?
Allen
 
F

FiOS-Dave

Flightless Bird
Try dragging the icon to the recycle bin...

Dave

"Allen" <allent@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:ufidnWX6Aoncz-bWnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Today I tried to delete a couple of items from the desktop, using the
> tried-and-true right click-delete method, but it didn't work. The only
> thing I've done intentionally since it last worked was to download last
> week's updates. Anyone else have this problem?
> Allen
 
A

Allen

Flightless Bird
On 2/16/2010 9:10 PM, FiOS-Dave wrote:
>
> Try dragging the icon to the recycle bin...
>
> Dave
>
> "Allen" <allent@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:ufidnWX6Aoncz-bWnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> Today I tried to delete a couple of items from the desktop, using the
>> tried-and-true right click-delete method, but it didn't work. The only
>> thing I've done intentionally since it last worked was to download
>> last week's updates. Anyone else have this problem?
>> Allen

>

Thanks for the reply, Dave. It turns out that the problem that the
drop-down menus have turned into wheedle-coax-threaten-down menus with
no indication to that effect. I don't know if this is an option that
have accidentally changed or if was some MS person's idea of an
"improvement". Whichever, I want the drop-downs back.
Allen
 
L

LouB

Flightless Bird
Allen wrote:
> On 2/16/2010 9:10 PM, FiOS-Dave wrote:
>>
>> Try dragging the icon to the recycle bin...
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "Allen" <allent@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:ufidnWX6Aoncz-bWnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>> Today I tried to delete a couple of items from the desktop, using the
>>> tried-and-true right click-delete method, but it didn't work. The only
>>> thing I've done intentionally since it last worked was to download
>>> last week's updates. Anyone else have this problem?
>>> Allen

>>

> Thanks for the reply, Dave. It turns out that the problem that the
> drop-down menus have turned into wheedle-coax-threaten-down menus with
> no indication to that effect. I don't know if this is an option that
> have accidentally changed or if was some MS person's idea of an
> "improvement". Whichever, I want the drop-downs back.
> Allen


Works fine here.
 
G

Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On 2/17/10, LouB posted:
> Allen wrote:
>> On 2/16/2010 9:10 PM, FiOS-Dave wrote:
>>>
>>> Try dragging the icon to the recycle bin...
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> "Allen" <allent@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ufidnWX6Aoncz-bWnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>> Today I tried to delete a couple of items from the desktop, using the
>>>> tried-and-true right click-delete method, but it didn't work. The only
>>>> thing I've done intentionally since it last worked was to download
>>>> last week's updates. Anyone else have this problem?
>>>> Allen
>>>

>> Thanks for the reply, Dave. It turns out that the problem that the
>> drop-down menus have turned into wheedle-coax-threaten-down menus with no
>> indication to that effect. I don't know if this is an option that have
>> accidentally changed or if was some MS person's idea of an "improvement".
>> Whichever, I want the drop-downs back.
>> Allen


> Works fine here.


I have no idea what "wheedle-coax-threaten-down menus" means, but I
could easily suspect that malware has entered his computer.

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Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
 
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