"John Reid" <john@reidsmailbox.com> wrote in message
news:eFTJfIUZIHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I put the shortcut icon of a programme on my desktop. When the time came to
>eliminate the file, I removed it in the usual way.
>
> However, I did not remove the icon and the removal process did not remove
> the icon.
>
> Now, I cannot remove the icon as I can all others, by selecting it and
> then deleting it.
>
> Is there a process to get rid of these orphan icons?
>
> John Reid

What happens when you attempt to remove it?