photo icon

[thedutchman]

hi guys, i've got a little problem. i've got an icon of a picture on my desktop and I want to delete it. ****+delete doesn't work, delete doesn't work, safe mode doesnt work either. Does anyone know how I can delete this photo icon ?

thanks in advance

 

[Azrael]

do you get an error message when you try and delete it?

 

[Elfreako]

I have a "My bluetooth Places" icon on my desktop I cant delete

 

[mancombseepgood]

Hmmm.

not sure why it's there or what it's from...
maybe spyware?
Have you tried a spyware tool?
www.lavasoft.de
free.grisoft.com

Have you tried accessing the desktop with windows explorer:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\desktop

Delete it that way?

 

[|tera|]

Use this utilty, install it, right click on the file and eliminate it, it always works for me, windows is stuffed in many ways my friend

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

 

[thedutchman]

do you get an error message when you try and delete it?

it doesnt say anything,

 

[thedutchman]

Use this utilty, install it, right click on the file and eliminate it, it always works for me, windows is stuffed in many ways my friend

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

it's not a folder, its just an icon, to open up a photo

 

[|tera|]

it's not a folder, its just an icon, to open up a photo

Same difference, delete it with unclocker

 

[thedutchman]

Same difference, delete it with unclocker

doesn't work,

 

[|tera|]

Strange, an icon that won't delete? mmmmm.......

Can you cut and paste it into another folder? then delete that folder?

 

[thedutchman]

Strange, an icon that won't delete? mmmmm.......

Can you cut and paste it into another folder? then delete that folder?

it doesnt want to move in a folder either, it just sits there, oh, and when i open it, it says no preview availabe

 

[Azrael]

post a screenshot, i'd like to see the icon

 

[thedutchman]

post a screenshot, i'd like to see the icon

its an icon like on from a picture, the exact same,

 

[Nickste]

Lol... xxx dialer

 

[thedutchman]

Lol... xxx dialer

i think it can be that, its on my friends laptop who is sitting next to me, how can he get it of ? please help

 

[willirob]

can you right click on it - right click properties - make sure its not read only - delete

 

[thedutchman]

can you right click on it - right click properties - make sure its not read only - delete

no properties

 

[TivoZA]

Since it doesn't have properties, it's most likely a "Namespace extensions" extension (e.g. "My Documents", "My bluetooth Places").

The only way to remove the icon is to unregister the DLL associated with the "Namespace extensions". When you double click the "photo icon" it'll open up a program, this program is most likely the owner of that namespace extension. Try uninstalling the program. Alternatively when the program is closed have a look at the "Windows Task Manager" and see if there are any "processes" that appear to be associated with the program. If there are, select the process and click "End Process", the icon should disappear if it's the correct process. Once you determine the location of the file, you can delete the relevant files. If you're unable to delete those files, "unlocker" may come in handy

 

[thedutchman]

Since it doesn't have properties, it's most likely a "Namespace extensions" extension (e.g. "My Documents", "My bluetooth Places").

The only way to remove the icon is to unregister the DLL associated with the "Namespace extensions". When you double click the "photo icon" it'll open up a program, this program is most likely the owner of that namespace extension. Try uninstalling the program. Alternatively when the program is closed have a look at the "Windows Task Manager" and see if there are any "processes" that appear to be associated with the program. If there are, select the process and click "End Process", the icon should disappear if it's the correct process. Once you determine the location of the file, you can delete the relevant files. If you're unable to delete those files, "unlocker" may come in handy

thanks for ur help, i tried unlocker didnt work, and it isnt a namespace extension. I checked my friends internet explorer and there were naughty addresses over there, it even has a strange name, something to do with xxx . wtf can i do to get this of my friends laptop ?? :'(

 

[TivoZA]

i tried unlocker didnt work

Unlocker won't remove the namespace but it will remove the files that run the namespace and hence remove the namespace.

it isnt a namespace extension

What makes you think it's not a namespace? What opens when you double click the file?