Thread: More Vista trouble

How do I delete a shortcut from the desktop?

When I try and delete it Vista tries to delete what the shortcut points to, not the shortcut itself. It doesn't show up when I do a dir in the terminal

Right Click > Delete


It won't delete the program, in fact the message that pops up tells you quite specifically that it is only deleting the shortcut. Perhaps you misunderstood the dialog.

Nope, the dialogue specifically asked me if I wanted to delete the file that it linked to. C:\Programs\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat Reader.exe

Is it trying to make you uninstall the actual program?

Right clicking > Delete should tell you if you want to just delete the shortcut, or uninstall the program...

Or atleast that's how it is on XP.

Both move only the shortcut to the recycle bin, not the file, even though it says 'file'. Stupid Vista?


[excuse the change in icon]

It clearly says "Deleting the shortcut does not uninstall the program, only deleting the shortcut". So no, it's not "stupid Vista", you read it incorrectly. The thing was telling you what it was a shortcut to, not what it was going to delete.

Originally Posted by ClouD

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7852/deletefile.jpg

This is what I was getting, so even though the dialogue says that it's trying to delete the application itself, it's really only deleting the shortcut? Then why does it ask me for the administrator password? It says the folder is inaccessible because the admin password is needed. You need an admin password to delete a desktop shortcut? Stupid Microsoft.