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by infosystems

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I have Windows 98 second edition. It was on a peer network but now isn't. A shortcut folder to the other pc will not delete now. Explorer freezes up and then I have to end task. Please help

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by maxwell edison

Greetings,

Try this:

Open a DOS window. Go to the Desktop directory - c:\windows\desktop

Do a directory of the shortcut links (dir *.lnk)

One of the listed files will be the shortcut you are attempting to delete. (The name should be obvious to you.) Use the DOS delete command to get rid of that file

(del whatever.lnk)

That should work.

Regards,

Maxwell

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