You click it once with a mouse, and once it's highlighted you press the delete button on your keyboard, or you can also right click and select delete from the drop down menu. Deleting programs, however, is different. You need to go to Add or Remove programs to do that.
Delete sends the file to the recycle bin. Shift + Delete destroys the file immediately and does not send it to the recycle bin.
The icons with small arrows on them are shortcuts pointing to the actual file. If you delete a shortcut from your desktop, you are deleting only the shortcut pointing to the file, not the actual file from your hard drive.
It's basically telling you that the file the shortcut relates to has either been moved from the location on the disk OR it's been deleted. The easiest solution - is to delete the 'broken' shortcut, then search for the file you want where it should be located, and (if required) create a new shortcut.
By using a burn file. The burn file will create an alias or "shortcut". You can then delete the burn file and the alias will be deleted but the original file will remain.
An easy way to remove the icon from your desktop without deleting the file:1. Add a library shortcut to the desktop under which the file is located (ex: pictures documents, music, etc.) -- You can do this by viewing your libraries then dragging it to your desktop.2. Drag the file into the library shortcut3. Delete the library shortcut from your desktop (optional)--The library will not be deletedHope this helps...
how is delete shortcut
Rosetta Stone error 2120 is a broken shortcut. To fix it delete the Rosetta Stone shortcut. Then go the Program files on your C drive and create a new shortcut from the .exe file and send it to the desktop.
Press delete!
Delete column
Ctrl+Alt Delete
A shortcut is a link, displayed the same as a file or folder, which, when you click on, takes you to a specified page or file in a different location.
Go to c:drive and click on the shortcut and press DEL .