How does one del Shortcut

[jf...@lava.net]

How does one del just the shortcut (without deleting the file?)
Every time I hilight the shotcut I no longer want, then tap the
del key it says "do you really want to drop this into the
recycle bin and delete it". I just want to remove the shortcut
itself thats all (certainly not the file).
Joe

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[Plato]

jf...@lava.net wrote:
>
> How does one del just the shortcut (without deleting the file?)
> Every time I hilight the shotcut I no longer want, then tap the
> del key it says "do you really want to drop this into the
> recycle bin and delete it". I just want to remove the shortcut
> itself thats all (certainly not the file).

If the shortcut has an arrow on it its just a shortcut and you can
delete it.

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

The other kind can be moved into a folder in My Computer, which will remove
them from the desktop without deleting the file (if you want to keep the
file.)

Er... I'm not a Win9x user, so this question may seem dumb, but:

Aren't shortcuts supposed to be pointers to the file, and not copies of the
file?????

And doesn't Create Shortcut by default create a pointer?

I'd like to know because I may be installing Win2K sometime soon, and IIRC it
behaves the same way as Win9x. If Create Shortcut does not automatically
create a pointer, that will be another mark against Billy Wallhole's
so-called operating system.

Best Wishes,

Wolf Kirchmeir
Blind River, Ontario

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[Ken Blake]

<jf...@lava.net> wrote in message
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> How does one del just the shortcut (without deleting the
file?)

> Every time I hilight the shotcut I no longer want, then
tap the
> del key it says "do you really want to drop this into the
> recycle bin and delete it". I just want to remove the
shortcut
> itself thats all (certainly not the file).

If it's a shortcut, just answer "yes" to the "are you sure"
question. It deletes the shortcut and not the file it points
to.

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Ken Blake
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[Plato]

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
>
> Aren't shortcuts supposed to be pointers to the file, and not copies of the
> file?????

Yes