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When a shortcut is deleted do the original application folder or file is also deleted?
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∙ 9y ago
False. Shortcuts are only icons containing a path to the file. If a shortcut is deleted, the dialogue box that accompanies the deletion attempt will always tell you that you are not deleting the actual program itself.
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What is the use of short cut to folder?
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Right click on the shortcut, change it's name. Right click on the shortcut, select properties, and change what the icon looks like.
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How to remove shortcut from a file?
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What happen to the contents of a folder when the folder icon is deleted?
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How Can you recover email that was deleted from Outlook Express 6?
There is a folder called deleted items in your menu, that is where your emails go when you delete them, as a side note you should delete the items in the deleted folder every so often to help save space, while in the folder click edit at the top and then click empty deleted items folder.
