Deleted Icons re-appear on Desktop Vista Bugs and Problems Discuss Deleted Icons re-appear on Desktop in the Windows Vista forums; Hi I'm a newbie her, so apologies if someone has already asked. But I have a problem where periodically any deleted icons or files from either my desktop or ...

[KiwiHawk]

Hi I'm a newbie her, so apologies if someone has already asked.
But I have a problem where periodically any deleted icons or files from either my desktop or quick launch bar re-appear.
For example I have a bunch of PDF file on my desktop I don't need anymore, I dragged the files into the recycle bin, then emptied the recycle bin, refreshed the desktop and kept on working.
A few hours later they are all back again.
I can open the pdf fiels and the all appear as they did the day they were created.
I wasn't doing anything weird for them to come back, just checking emails, working on database on my pc and paying bills.
Also any icon from an old program re-appear, programs have been uninstalled long ago, but the icons keep coming back.
Doesn't matter what I try they keep coming back. Sometimes after a few days and erboots other times only after a few hours.
I've never seen anything like it before in my years of using PC's

Any help would be greatly appreciated.....

[crabby]

It sounds like they aren't deleting properly... and that's just wierd!

I'll have a look around...

crabby

[LG control]

Hi there,

i have experienced the same problem...icon is reapiring again and again. have no solution so far just want to tell you you are not alone.

[KiwiHawk]

Thanks, I've looked on a bunch of forums and not found anything on it.
So appreciate that...

[KiwiHawk]

thanks.
Anything you can find would be appreciated....

[crabby]

I have been unable to find asolution so looks like I'll have to delve inside my own head

Have you tried a different user? It may be that for some reason your user account has stange permissions which don't work properly. I would create a new user and see if that one can delete them.

If it can't log in as admin and see if you can. That will show whether it's a permissions issue. If it isn't post back.

crabby

[lakeswimmer]

Hey.. I got the same problem and still couldn't find any solutions to this problem. Hope someone here could post a solution here.