unwanted files on desktop

ROBBY, after 8 hard crashes in the last year I have
expereince with this. Go in to add/delete and write down
all progs. Some of these have to be taken out through A/D
or get a freeware that is easier to use and more
effective to rid these pests. It still burns me why they
load all this junk on your system.
>-----Original Message-----
>Help! I have somehow managed to drag and drop some
>picture files on my desktop and can't get rid of them.
>I've tried the following: 1) drag them to recycle bin
2)
>created a folder on the desktop and put the picture
files
>there 3) Dragged the files to an existing folder on the
>C drive. No matter what I do, the next time I log on,
>the files re-appear on my desktop with a different copy
>number associated with them!! Any suggestions?
>.
>

[Kelly]

Hi,

Where did you drag them from? Check your settings here:

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersi
on\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Change CommonDesktop from:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop

To:

CommonDesktop
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

To remove the files/folders:

Close all open apps. Open a command prompt (Start/Run/CMD) and navigate to
the directory with the offending file(s). Then open the Task Manager and
click on the Processes tab, select "explorer.exe" under the Process Tab.
Click "End Process".

In the opened Command Prompt, DEL the offending files (DEL *.mpg, DEL
mus*.avi, DEL test.wmv, etc.) Once done, go back to the task manager and
click on File/New Task (Run). In the dialog, type explorer.exe and click OK.

Can't Delete a File or Folder in XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

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> >Help! I have somehow managed to drag and drop some
> >picture files on my desktop and can't get rid of them.
> >I've tried the following: 1) drag them to recycle bin
> 2)
> >created a folder on the desktop and put the picture
> files
> >there 3) Dragged the files to an existing folder on the
> >C drive. No matter what I do, the next time I log on,
> >the files re-appear on my desktop with a different copy
> >number associated with them!! Any suggestions?
> >.
> >