Guest Stiggy64 Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 I was trying to clean-up my computer and removing duplicate files and trying to copy files. Somehow while in documents and settings somewhere I copied a ton of files and moved them. I am not sure what I did or where I put the files but now whenever I put a file on the desktop I get two of them showing. If I delete one the other one stays there even though I can no longer access the file. If I hit F5 it will disappear. Can anyone help me restructure my files? HELP.
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 Re: Duplicate files on desktop i don't think there is an automatic fix for your issue. if it is just a logical method to address the issue then you can use the file system to modify your desktop and user folders. if you right' click on the start button you will have a number of options for accessing the files and folders that correlate to your desktop and users. the most important would be the "desktop folder(s)" having "shortcuts", of course. as a suggestion any files in the desktop folder that are not shortcuts should be relocated to a the program folders or my documents or another. afterwards you can then create a shortcut to those files or folders and place the shortcut in you desktop folder so they will appear on your desktop. it's a bit tedious but sometimes a simple slip and click of the mouse can inadvertently rearrange your file system. have fun & g.l....! -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Stiggy64" <Stiggy64@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:833C2814-D688-47B3-B4CC-39A518B1814D@microsoft.com... >I was trying to clean-up my computer and removing duplicate files and trying > to copy files. Somehow while in documents and settings somewhere I copied a > ton of files and moved them. I am not sure what I did or where I put the > files but now whenever I put a file on the desktop I get two of them showing. > If I delete one the other one stays there even though I can no longer access > the file. If I hit F5 it will disappear. Can anyone help me restructure my > files? HELP.
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