Orphaned Icon

[WernerB]

I have an orphaned Icon on my front page that refuses to go away. It is a shortcut
to a file that no longer exists, so it can't be moved , deleted or hidden because it needs
that file.

The computer here runs Win7 pro and Win xp on a dual boot set-up and that stupid Icon
somehow appeared as a result of Easy Transfer.

I have run various system cleaning files with no effect, suggestions anyone?

WernerB

 

[Lanyap]

To clarify, you did an Easy Transfer from XP to Win7 on your dual boot system and one of the desktop icons that was transferred to your Win7 desktop cannot be removed because it points to a file on the XP side?

You can try rebuilding the icon cache.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

 

[WernerB]

I did an easy transfer from xp to 7 and this icon appeared, there was no such icon
on my xp front page. There was, once upon a time a file by that name that the icon
is a shortcut to, but that file was deleted before the easy transfer took place. In other
words, the file no longer exist in xp or 7.

On second thought, the icon may have been in the unused desktop file on xp. I will have
to check that.

WernerB

 

[denis280]

Go to the file (propertie) find target folder.if no target.(regedit)find (file name) delete. if there is a target go see what it is.could be mixed up with another one