Author Topic: Icon will not delete (Read 8622 times)

Monty72 · « **on:** June 30, 2006, 07:00:18 PM »

I get this when I try to delete the "beatcrart" icon from my desktop.

System Info:
Windows XP home addition, SP1
Intel celeron 2.70GHz
760 MB of RAM

homer · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:09:49 PM »

hmmm this probably isnt the reason , but might as well ask for trail and error sakes....ur not by any chance seeding it via a bittorent client are u??

also, could u please post a pic of ur running processes? (CTRL+ALT+DEL>processes tab)

BTW... did u just do a clean install? cause i mean thats one BARREN destop!

spazz · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:10:20 PM »

try alt n control,delete and find the process and kill it....then remove it from your desktop..if that dont work then just reboot..and try to remove it from the desktop

Monty72 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:35:47 PM »

I have tryed that, and homer I like to keep my desktop clean.

homer · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:40:00 PM »

so u have looked over ur running processes list and its not there?

Monty72 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:42:12 PM »

No its not there.

homer · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:44:16 PM »

hmmm might be malware related. download Hijack This and post a log here.

u can download hijack this from here

Monty72 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:49:25 PM »

No luck with that.

homer · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2006, 07:51:06 PM »

no luck with what??? u didnt post a log...

LGCarmona · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2006, 08:41:33 AM »

My knowledge of Windows is limited but what occurs to me in reading your post is that if you were to invoke the MSDos command prompt (Start – Run – CMD – Enter) and then go to the desktop subdirectory where the icon file is located and you were to delete the icon file using the MSDos delete command (Del XYZ.ICO Enter, wouldn’t this work?

RapedApe · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2006, 09:15:44 AM »

That wouldn't work either. The only way that just deleting it MIGHT work is by typing this

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del filename.ext -y
This will auto-yes and is the same thing as holding the shift key when deleting. It deletes and skips the recycle bin, just gone. However, your best option for deleting the file would be this

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cacls filename.ext /p guest:n
Then reboot the machine and use the previous line of code to remove the file. If that doesn't work lemme know and I'll find something else for ya. One more thing, it doesn't look like an icon as those usually have the little arrow in the bottom left corner like firefox so you might wanna find out what the extension is before continuing(sp?) with the commands. If you're not sure of the extension then after you bring up the command prompt just type 'dir' and press enter. That'll bring up the filename and the extension. Good Luck [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Blackberry · « **Reply #11 on:** July 01, 2006, 12:28:31 PM »

Monty, try this.... google for killbox and run it, type the locatian of the filename and click on the red 'x', this will delete your file

Monty72 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2006, 02:36:35 PM »

Sorry, didn't work

It say's that the "this file does not seem to exist"
HELP!

RapedApe · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2006, 03:32:11 PM »

It saying the file does not exist means you're not typing in the right extension. Open up the command prompt and type 'dir' then enter and it will give you the proper extension. Then try with that. I'm gonna guess it's an exe so...

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cacls beatcraft.exe /p guest:n
If I'm wrong and it's not an exe file then just replace 'exe' with whatever the extension really is. Afterwards just reboot and then open a command prompt and type

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del beatcraft.exe -y
This, of course, will only work if I guessed the right extension. If you can't figure out how to make this work properly then try blackberry's idea. Killbox is pretty sweet and should handle this file as well.

Monty72 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2006, 03:42:27 PM »

When I try to open it it say's that it NOT a valid Win32 Application.

RapedApe · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2006, 03:54:58 PM »

When you try to open what?

Monty72 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2006, 04:09:37 PM »

The program were trying to delete.

RapedApe · « **Reply #17 on:** July 01, 2006, 04:18:03 PM »

Why are you trying to open it? We're trying to delete it, not open it.

Lemme try to break this down step by step for ya.

1. Start -> Run -> CMD
2. cd desktop
3. dir typing dir and hitting 'enter' will give you a list of all the files on you're desktop along with the extension find the one that says beatcraft and look at the end of it. You will see a '.' followed by three letters. That's called an extension.
4. cacls beatcraft.ext /p guest:n replace 'ext' with the extension that you should have discovered in the previous step.
5. Exit the command prompt and reboot your PC
6. Start -> Run -> CMD
7. cd desktop
8. del beatcraft.ext -y once again, replace 'ext' with the extension discovered in step 3

That should about do it.

Monty72 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 01, 2006, 04:40:15 PM »

Sorry, I did what you said and it diding work. :-/

Fed · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:05:53 PM »

Use KillBox to BROWSE to find the file then select the delete on reboot option.

Monty72 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:29:47 PM »

*censored*, still did'nt work. [smiley=angry.gif]

Fed · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:32:23 PM »

So what happened?

Monty72 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:37:42 PM »

I did what you said and when I rebooted. The icon was stll there.

Fed · « **Reply #23 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:47:03 PM »

What did you do after you selected delete on reboot and got the next screen up?

Monty72 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 01, 2006, 05:55:49 PM »

I when to exit, then rebooted my system.

Fed · « **Reply #25 on:** July 01, 2006, 06:08:06 PM »

After you selected delete on reboot and got the next screen up did you think to add the file and then select process & reboot?

Monty72 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 01, 2006, 07:59:24 PM »

Yes, I did all that. Twice

Fed · « **Reply #27 on:** July 01, 2006, 09:05:52 PM »

Right click on the icon & check it's properties, what is it, a shortcut, a file, a directory?
Are you trying to remove the whole beatcraft program or just this little poop on your desktop?

geneprof · « **Reply #28 on:** July 01, 2006, 09:14:28 PM »

Have you tried reinstalling the program the icon is connected to? Or even just running the program? I once had a similar problem with an old version of the NetHack game, and reinstalling caused the "phantom" icon to disappear.

Fed · « **Reply #29 on:** July 01, 2006, 09:53:47 PM »

OK, I just downloaded and installed beatcraft, it placed a shortcut on my desktop which I promptly deleted.
Are you the only user on this machine, are you admin?

RapedApe · « **Reply #30 on:** July 01, 2006, 10:00:56 PM »

Well I'm almost positive I've figured out what the problem is here. All can be explained with one acronym...

PEBCAK

Fed · « **Reply #31 on:** July 01, 2006, 10:16:54 PM »

ROTFLMAO!

Monty72 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 02, 2006, 08:20:48 AM »

Quote

OK, I just downloaded and installed beatcraft, it placed a shortcut on my desktop which I promptly deleted.
Are you the only user on this machine, are you admin?

Yes, I am the admin.

Monty72 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 02, 2006, 12:07:22 PM »

[size=72]I DID IT!!!!!!!!!![/size] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

Fed · « **Reply #34 on:** July 02, 2006, 02:54:36 PM »

How?
What was the problem?

Monty72 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 02, 2006, 05:07:38 PM »

I did what you said again, but this time I clicked delete and not exit. The computer rebooted and the icon was gone.

RapedApe · « **Reply #36 on:** July 02, 2006, 09:07:24 PM »

Haha, like I said, PEBCAK!

homer · « **Reply #37 on:** July 03, 2006, 12:10:52 AM »

whats PEBCAK? :-?

Fed · « **Reply #38 on:** July 03, 2006, 12:42:12 AM »

RapedApe · « **Reply #39 on:** July 03, 2006, 07:53:06 AM »

Well I'm not gonna say, but I'm pretty sure google won't be as curteous.

Monty72 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 03, 2006, 08:08:14 AM »

lol, I know what it mean's.

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