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need help with windows vista.......

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my problem.....

I deleted my poker stars program from the lap top..
now the shortcut on the desktop wont delete...

cannot find this item
this is no longer located in c:\users\public desktop. verify the items location and try again.
poker stars
type:shortcut
size"863 bytes
date modified:5/29/2008 6:57 pm

Now the second short cut that i cant get rid of is located .....when I hit the key with the windows symbol a window opens that gives me access to all programs and others with short cuts above the all programs button....
there is another poker stars short cut there... I need to get rid of this on also...


Now the biggest reason is it's the girlfriends laptop .
I cant leave evidence of poker on her laptop...
she arrives home in a few hours from vacation


any and all help is greatly appreciated


Mike
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!"

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Right-click and drag the icon to the recycle bin.

Go to users\*username*\ and search around for the start menu folder - I don't have vista at work so I don't recall WHERE it is exactly.

Conversely, right click in the start button and see if you can get to advanced options - from there you should be able to delete the program link in the menu.

Good luck
Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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i get the same message when I drag and drop the shortcut into the recycle bin.... damn thing

trying your other suggestion now
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!"

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i get the same message when I drag and drop the shortcut into the recycle bin.... damn thing

trying your other suggestion now



It looks like some process is locking the pokerstars icon.

Restart the machine - press F8 as it's starting to boot up and select 'safe mode'. That *should* let you delete the icon from the desktop.
Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Do what I did 5 years ago and buy Mac OS X. Problem solved. Took a little getting used to for the first couple weeks, but I loathe having to use Windows now because of how complicated everything is. I'll never go back, unless Microsoft ever releases a better OS than Macintosh.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein

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k all

I'm really not liking vista

anyways I re=installed the program and then deleted the short cuts and re-uninstalled the program and all is good

thanks all
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting - "fcuk me what a ride!"

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How's HALO III running for ya on that? :P



Alas, my memories remain with Halo II :(. Although, I did always like the original better. In reality, if I had time, I'd get an XBOX 360.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein

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