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- From: bwiersema@bss2.umd.edu (Brian Wiersema)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Can't delete an icon
- Keywords: can't delete an icon, readonly
- Message-ID: <bwiersema.26@bss2.umd.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 18:16:24 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.000608.27738@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <257@zam103.zam.kfa-juelich.de>
- Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu
- Organization: College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, U of Maryland
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- Problem:
- >>I have an icon on my desktop that I can not get rid of. Here is how I
- >>created it.
- Horst responds:
- >Finally I succeded by:
- >1. Moving it onto A:\ by:
- >2. Moving it to a subdirectory on A: the same way as above
- >3. Deleting that directory (I don't remember which way)
-
- Well, my undeletable icon is a network printer icon that refuses to moved to
- any other folder/drive/directory. IBM-OS2 Tech Support was stumped, too.
- Their suggestion (other than Alt-F1): open a shadow of the system clock and
- move it on top of the bugger. :)
-
- Any better ideas?
-