Icon trouble

Kaytea · Post by **Kaytea** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:22 am

I accidentally saved a picture I was finished working on as a UFO instead of JPG. After exiting PhotoImpact, I then deleted the two images which made up the UFO file. Now, I have a stubborn UFO icon on my dektop which refuses to be deleted - the "recycling 1 item" box comes up but says that it has discovered 0 items, and I can leave it running for ages but it still doesn't delete. I have also run my laptop in safe mode and tried to delete it there but to no avail, and I can't view the file's Properties.
I am using Windows Vista.

Any suggestions at all on how to get rid of this icon would be great, thanks.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:52 am

With Vista you can hide inactive Icons that you do not use by going to Task bar and menu properties and check the box Hide inactive Icons.

Kaytea · Post by **Kaytea** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:56 am

sjj1805 wrote:With Vista you can hide inactive Icons that you do not use by going to Task bar and menu properties and check the box Hide inactive Icons.

I just tried doing that, but it's only hiding the icons in the taskbar and not on the desktop

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:14 am

Try the FREEware program Move on boot

Kaytea · Post by **Kaytea** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:59 am

Still no luck getting rid of the icon. I guess I'll probably just have to put up with it

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:47 am

Here's a long shot... try rolling back your system (System Restore) to a date just prior to deleting those image files, and see if that allows you to get rid of it..

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:16 pm

Have you tried turning OFF your UAC and then deleting it?
If that fails I would try activating your Vista Administrator account
Logging in as an Administrator and then deleting the icon.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:35 pm

If all of the above fails, and you still want that nasty little critter gone... Get a really big hammer and apply 10 hard blows to your monitor screen... Viola.. icon gone.. You might have to buy another monitor though..

AlphaDood · Post by **AlphaDood** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:29 am

This sounds a little like a problem I was having until I found this little utility called unlocker. Worked for me, might be worth a try.
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Good luck,
Dwayne

Kaytea · Post by **Kaytea** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:02 pm

vidoman wrote:If all of the above fails, and you still want that nasty little critter gone... Get a really big hammer and apply 10 hard blows to your monitor screen... Viola.. icon gone.. You might have to buy another monitor though..

That's exactly what I plan on doing

Kaytea · Post by **Kaytea** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:06 pm

AlphaDood wrote:This sounds a little like a problem I was having until I found this little utility called unlocker. Worked for me, might be worth a try.
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Good luck,
Dwayne

Thank you so much! It worked

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:29 pm

Dwayne,

Thanks for providing this solution. It has been placed in our FAQ Ulead Products thread.

http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?p=185305#185305