Open regedit and go to the location where the file is supposed to be.
For example:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and check the entries to the right.
Look even under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows.
Open and check all strings.
Remember that Search will not work when...
Ofcourse that is what they would say?
Tips from Microsoft rarely advise on deleting or editing keys in the registry?
This is stuff they don't mention because they do not want to incourage beginners to alter the registry.
Me, I just took for granted that there is a higher level of PC users in...
Or you can just log in as a administrator in Safe Mode.
Enable viewing of "Hodden Files and Folders" from the Tools menu in Your Computer. And then just delete.
If it is still impossible to delete it, then delete first the Subfolders working your way out to the main folder.
Another way is by...
Do you have or at any time had a wallpaper with the text "Spyware Infection Detected" bla bla?
In that case: PROBLEM SOLVED.
Your desktop is blocked by something similar to a virus, so called "Addware". That is an add from a less serious, so called company, that is forcing their software on you...
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