[gui-talk] The weirdest computer problem

[Sherri]

That's what I am thinking. I am hoping the book didn't get destroyed, but we 
shall see. I was able to delete the shortcuts and I was careful so most of 
my desktop icons are still there. At first, it wouldn't let me delete 
anything. This kind of stuff only happens to me. Thanks for all your help.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Rasmussen, Lloyd
To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] The weirdest computer problem


I would guess that a Daisy 2.02 book got unzipped to your desktop folder. 
Since it is difficult to get the desktop to display itself in a list form, 
you may have to figure out what folder the desktop is stored in, and use 
Windows Explorer to select and then delete those files.  The desktop might 
be under "c:\documents and settings\username\desktop" where username is your 
own login name on that PC.  Even if you are the only user, I would guess 
that this is where you should look.  There are other possibilities.  Another 
possibility might be to put Windows Explorer on the root directory of the C: 
drive and use the Find command (I use F3) to locate one of those SMIL or MP3 
files by its name, and note what folder it is in.  Be careful.  Deleting 
shortcuts from the desktop doesn't delete the programs that they point to, 
but it would be a hassle to find the programs and put shortcuts back in 
place.

Hope this helps.


Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of 
the Library of Congress, NLS.



-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Sherri
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:07 PM
To: gui-talk at NFBnet.org
Subject: [gui-talk] The weirdest computer problem

I certainly hope someone on this list can help me. I am running Windows XP 
Pro with Jaws 12. Today, somehow my laptop got unplugged and the battery 
almost ran completely down. Once I plugged it in, I finally got it started 
back up, but when I went too my desktop, there were over 600 icons on it, 
lots of MP files and SMIL files. I don't know what they are. I have run a 
virus scan and it checks out negative. What on earth could be going on and 
How do I get rid of all these extra icons? Thanks.Sherri Sherri Brun 
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