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Quick Vista Question

ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Games and Technology
I have just recieved a new laptop that I purchased for a friend of the family, it came with Vista, which I personally hate, and just to spite me there is an icon on the desktop called "Start Menu" that cannot be removed or deleted (at least not by right clicking or customising the desktop). When you double click it you get taken to a folder with the shortcuts I have "pinned" in the actual start menu.

Any help on removing this icon would be much appreciated!

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    In XP, you can modify the system icons that appear on the desktop from the display properties, accessable through the control panel or by right-clicking on the background. Vista may very well be different, but it's probably worth a try if you haven't checked there already.

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  • victor_c26victor_c26 Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Sounds like the OEM manufacturer messed with the desktop.

    Vista never installs with any thing like that. CTRL + Delete doesn't work?

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I can't stand OEM installs.

    Is this what you mean by "customizing the desktop"?

    Also, a factory-done install will probably have shit for boot times. Defender > Tools > Software Explorer > Show for all Users allows you to easily disable programs from starting up automatically. Acrobat and Quicktime seem to be big offenders here, as they like to run in the background.

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Its all change in Vista, I can't find anything by right clicking the desktop and going to "personalize" as its called now, nor in control panel.

    Ctrl + Delete didnt work, nor can i drag it to the recycle bin.

    I should say this wasnt there when the machine first came up, I've downloaded windows update and anti virus on it and thats it. It literally just added itself (i know thats stupid. but thats how it seems). I have changed the Start menu to "classic" but I don't think it happened at the same time.

    I did pin IE7 to my actual Start Menu, it may have happened when I did that.

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Morskittar wrote: »
    I can't stand OEM installs.

    Is this what you mean by "customizing the desktop"?

    Also, a factory-done install will probably have shit for boot times. Defender > Tools > Software Explorer > Show for all Users allows you to easily disable programs from starting up automatically. Acrobat and Quicktime seem to be big offenders here, as they like to run in the background.

    Its a fuji/Siemens, and apart from adobe stuff (which I stopped from booting with the computer) its the best OEM install (especially for vista) Ive seen in a long time. I cant delete it as shown in that article, sorry I didnt mean customise, I meant "personalize". (what used to be right click/properties).

    Ok I went back to the normal start menu, then returned to "classic" again and now its gone! I don't know why, but it seems to be fixed :S thanks guys!!

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  • scootchscootch Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    right click on desktop, click on personalize.
    in the personlize window, on the left-side bar there is a Tasks menu.
    click on Change Desktop icons.

    never mind..
    it's fixed.. doh

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  • ginguskahnginguskahn Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    scootch wrote: »
    right click on desktop, click on personalize.
    in the personlize window, on the left-side bar there is a Tasks menu.
    click on Change Desktop icons.

    never mind..
    it's fixed.. doh

    Aye, fixed :)

    I did look there, but it wasnt one of the icons I could customize :x I hate Vista so much. Ah well.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    So my welcome center has the normal icons, then another section with ads from toshiba. any clue how to kill the ads?

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