I had a couple of downloads fail. The icon for the download is on the desktop screen, and I can't find a way to delete it. I tried changing the name, changing the extension, going into windows/desktop and doing the same, but nothing works to remove these icons. Any suggestions?

Download Delete Doctor using the following link: http://www.diskcleaners.com/#deletedr Various deletion methods are offered with this tool... Good Luck TF

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By icon I assume you mean that the download file is on the desktop. It should delete quite normally using right click. I trust you are quite certain it is not the installed program. What happens when you try to delete it normally - is there some message? What is the exact name of the file? If necessary it can be deleted in true DOS. Derek.W

Thanks for the links, I'll be trying those out today. Derek: I thought of deleting from the dos prompt as well, and that doesn't work either. I may be missing something along the way. When I right click on the icon on the desktop and tell it to delete, I am informed I cannot delete, access denied, make sure disk is not either full or write protected and the file is not currently in use. No, it is not a file in use, it is a failed download. Properties reports it is zero bytes long.

Presumably there was some error message when you tried to delete it from the DOS prompt (I know you said "it didn't work" but that's none too informative. I would suggest one of two ways forward: 1. Delete it in Safe Mode. or 2. Delete it from true DOS (by that I mean Shut down to DOS, or reboot to startup menu command prompt, or use boot disk). You need the DOS name for the file and it is no good using the "Windows DOS prompt". If all else fails give all the details and we can suggest a way forward. You can get the DOS name by right clicking the file and going to Properties. Make sure it is not read-only while you are there. Derek.W

Well, nothing I tried worked from within DOS. I used the complete file name and path: delete c:\windows\desktop\uniserve_installer.exe it kept coming back with 'bad command or filename' So I went to diskcleaners.com and downloaded deletedoctor and had it delete on reboot. That did the job. Thanks everybody, for the input. Problem solved.