I have two icons on the desktop that can't be deleted.?

Question

They were originally attachments in Outlook Express (missing the .eml extension). I dragged them to the desktop to rename them w/ the proper .eml extension in hopes of being able to open them. But once on the desktop, I couldn't rename them or delete them. They don't appear in c:\documents and settings\user\desktop (from DOS [ex. dir /ahsr *.*]). Both icons are named something like this "Blah Blah........." (multiple periods at end of name). Any attempt to delete them and Windows says it can't find them. I wrote a VB program to create a new file system object and save the new file to the desktop (w/ same name as offending icon) in hopes that there would now be an icon and an associated file that I could delete, but no luck. Right clicking on the icons yields no info. of any use.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1. search thumbs.db and delete.
2. Try this program from www.iobit.com.
Advanced Windows Care V2 Personal ( free).
3. Files with eml extension can be opened only with OE.
Open the file . Delete.
4. The mail is stored as *.dbx. In OE go the store
where the mail is stored. OE/Tools/Options/Maintenace

Answer 3

Can i know what OS are you using? If you are using MS Windows xp, maybe that is a problem with your recycle bin. If you trying to delete it directly and still cannot doit, im suggest that you try it in the DOS mode. type del then ENTER. If you are not sure, try to check for the properties in the right click menu from the icon. Then check if it is a read-only, if it is try to change it(uncheck it).