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If you're using a PC, right click on your mouse, then hit delete. And that should delete the icon. However if you want to get rid of the program/software completely, you will have to uninstall it.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoClick on the icon ONCE, then hit your DELETE button on the keyboard to remove shortcuts on the desktop.
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Which does an icon on the desktop signify?
Shortcuts
Can you use your desktop as a webcam?
No, your desktop is where you put your shortcuts to computer programs.
What Windows XP tool can be used to remove unused shortcuts from the desktop?
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Does anybody like object dock?
Yes. It is good for storing desktop shortcuts or programs when you have no room on your desktop.
What shortcuts should be on your desktop?
Whichever ones make your life the easiest.
Why does the Windows XP desktop reorganize itself?
To Eliminate desktop Clutter. Windows XP periodically moves unused desktop icons into a folder named Unused Desktop Shortcuts.
What are the icon on desktop?
In the Windows operating system, desktop icons are shortcuts to programs that you can execute. To find out the program associated with an icon, right click on the icon and select Properties in the menu. In the dialog that pops up check the Location field.
How do you save a shortcut to Gmail on your desktop?
You cannot have a shortcut because it is not a desktop application. However you can have a Bookmark of it. Bookmarks serve the same purpose as shortcuts.
How do you keep desktop items on only your account?
Add the shortcuts to programs while you are logged in to the account.
How to fix desktop appearance?
Start - > Drag what you need from here onto your desktop to create shortcuts. Then from My coputer -> C: "or your main hard drive" my programs, open the program folder that you want on desktop and drag the executable files ".exe" to desktop to create shortcuts. Once you get what you want on desktop right click on your desktop -> Arrange Icons by-> Name or w.e to make it nice and neat ^-^ Hope this helps
Nearly every item on the windows xp desktop is considered a link?
Most of them are. Of course you can put an executable file on the desktop, but the operating system does not that. It creates shortcuts.
What term is used to describe the visual display of shortcuts to available programs from the desktop when using the internet?
windows
