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chrishaney23 View Member Profile	Aug 4 2008, 01:26 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 227,424	i am on vista 32 bit home premium...i have an "incinerator" icon on my desktop, dont remember where i got it, and it can not be deleted. when i move it to a folder it just copies itself to that folder as many times as i try. there is no shortcut arrow on it either. i tried using spybot, killbox, unlocker and nothing works. when i click on the properties it says it doesnt have any and the file is 0 bytes. there is no file path either....just to my desktop. i ran adaware 2008, spybot, mcafee....tried a command prompt i saw somewhere and nuthin.......anybody have ANY IDEA?

rowal5555 View Member Profile	Aug 4 2008, 03:33 AM Post #2
Just enough info to be armed & dangerous... Group: Members Posts: 2,009 Joined: 18-March 06 From: St Kilda, Dunedin. South Island. NZ Member No.: 59,805	Hi chrishaney23 Welcome to BleepingComputer Try this. Start>Documents. At the top of the left hand pane you should see DESKTOP. Click that and see if you can delete the icon now. Cheers -------------------- rowal5555 (Rob)

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