Just missed this post when I suggested move on boot. The file name is probably stuck in the cache. Try deleting this file:Thanks for the replies. The file is just a .txt file. The message is ~ file does not exist.
Thanks, Jim
That's the objective of clearing the icon cache.If you get a message that the file doesn't exist, it's not there any more. The display just needs to be updated. If you quit whatever application you're using to display the files and then restart it, the file should not appear.
If you get a message that the file doesn't exist, it's not there any more. The display just needs to be updated. If you quit whatever application you're using to display the files and then restart it, the file should not appear.
Could it be that what you're seeing on the desktop is a shortcut and the file it points to has been deleted (the target file being what gave you the message that it didn't exist)? Right-click on the desktop icon and look at its properties to determine what it is and its attributes. Have you tried deleting the desktop icon directly (right-click, delete from context menu) since you rebooted or did you just see that it was still there? When you were looking for the file, did you have it display hidden/system files?
Solution 1. won't work because wife copied 3 files to her desktop, then deleted them, leaving the zero byte file.
Glad you take consideration of your wife - unless it's just a haa-haa.Well here is the latest. You and I know it is wife's fault, but I am not going to tell her that.Regards, Jim