What should I do if the Win7 desktop icon cannot be deleted? How can I handle the software icon in the trash can?

The desktop icons generated by many third-party software are difficult to delete, and the third-party software itself does not have this permission, because the anti-virus software will pop up the system file modification prompt when installing, if we give the software permission It's out of control, but we don't have a way to read it. Read the following to understand how Win7 desktop icons can't be deleted.

Common ways to delete desktop shortcuts:

1. Smash shortcuts

A third-party tool needs to be installed.

2, delete it through the registry

This method is very troublesome, and it is difficult to find the icon you want to delete, so it is not recommended, here is probably to say. Run the input “regedit”Open the registry, registry location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft /Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Desktop/NameSpace

Everything here represents a desktop Shortcut method, you can export the things inside, then delete them one by one, know to delete to the one you want, then import the backup, delete the deletion you want to delete.

3, delete it in safe mode

is used to delete a desktop file, the prompt is running can not be deleted or the file is occupied (power on press F8, jump out of the safe mode startup option).

4. Use WinRAR to delete

Select the icon you want to delete, then right click and select Compress as. . Pop-up compression window, check the compression to delete the source file, wait for the compression to complete, this time the selected icon is deleted, we can delete the compression package.

The above is about the Win7 desktop icon can not be deleted, in addition to the above method can also use the boot disk to enter the system folder to delete, and once and for all.