Can't delete desktop Link in Windows XP

[KavJack]

On my windows XP I placed a link on the Desktop which I now want to delete. But it won't let me.
When I click on the right mouse button over the link (which is a URL link) the Cut feature is not highlighted.
I have looked in the list of items in desktop and can't find it even if I include hidden files.
How do I delete this link and icon from my Desktop ?

 

[Rentvillas]

Try left clicking on the icon once to highlight it. Then hold shift and press delete. that should totally remove it from your computer.

 

[KavJack]

Tried this - it doesn't work. The thing om my desktop doesn't really look like an icon. It has scroll bars to the right and bottom of the image - about 1.5 inches square. For properties it says that it is a jpeg image that points to a URL. But I can't resize it, drag it, or delete it. It is just occupying space on my Desktop Real Estate like an illegal settler.

 

[naiku]

Try right clicking on your desktop, go to properties and then go to the Desktop tab, then click on the customize button and click on the Web tab. That should list any active content on your desktop and you can delete it from there.

Hope that helps

Naiku

 

[KavJack]

I solved my own problem. Neither of these replies were any good. I solved this by using REGEDIT. I realized after a couple of days that the thing was being recreated every time upon startup. That's what gave me the idea to go into the Registry Editor. I did a search of the thing's name.
It turned out that an extra component had been created at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Desktop/Components/. In this section there was a 0 SubFolder and a 1 SubFolder. I just deleted the SubFolder named 1, restarted, and everything became fine again. I didn't like the idea of going into the Registry Editor, does anybody have a better way of doing what I did here ?