can't remove desktop icon in vista

Hello.

Since a while I have a dell inspiron 640m laptop running vista
premium.
Now I suddenly have a 'menu start' icon on my desktop and I can't
remove it. The command 'remove' is not available in the context menu
when I right-click the icon. Also, when I go to
start>settings>configuration>
personal settings where the task 'modify desktop icons' is located,
this
doesn't allow me to get rid of the unwanted 'menu start' icon on my
desktop.
Does anyone know how I can fix this, so I can finally get rid of that
'menu start' icon on my desktop?
Oh, btw, I have a Dutch version of Vista, so perhaps the icon is
called 'startmenu' or something like that in the English version.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek

I am trying to do the same thing I can use help with it.

"name" wrote:

>
> Hello.
>
> Since a while I have a dell inspiron 640m laptop running vista
> premium.
> Now I suddenly have a 'menu start' icon on my desktop and I can't
> remove it. The command 'remove' is not available in the context menu
> when I right-click the icon. Also, when I go to
> start>settings>configuration>
> personal settings where the task 'modify desktop icons' is located,
> this
> doesn't allow me to get rid of the unwanted 'menu start' icon on my
> desktop.
> Does anyone know how I can fix this, so I can finally get rid of that
> 'menu start' icon on my desktop?
> Oh, btw, I have a Dutch version of Vista, so perhaps the icon is
> called 'startmenu' or something like that in the English version.
>
> Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek
>
>

On 29 mei, 19:58, AT <A...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am trying to do the same thing I can use help with it.
>
>
>
> "name" wrote:
>
> > Hello.
>
> > Since a while I have a dell inspiron 640m laptop running vista
> > premium.
> > Now I suddenly have a 'menu start' icon on my desktop and I can't
> > remove it. The command 'remove' is not available in the context menu
> > when I right-click the icon. Also, when I go to
> > start>settings>configuration>
> > personal settings where the task 'modify desktop icons' is located,
> > this
> > doesn't allow me to get rid of the unwanted 'menu start' icon on my
> > desktop.
> > Does anyone know how I can fix this, so I can finally get rid of that
> > 'menu start' icon on my desktop?
> > Oh, btw, I have a Dutch version of Vista, so perhaps the icon is
> > called 'startmenu' or something like that in the English version.
>
> > Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
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Somehow the icon has spontaneously disappeared again.
I suspect that the issue might have something to do with a
'desktop.ini' icon on my desktop that I moved to a different location.
It was visible on my desktop because I enabled the display of hidden
and system files.