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Hmmm... don't add them to your desktop? What Icons are you talking about exactly?<br />
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If it is probably malware related run these:<br />
Malwarebytes: <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html" rel="ugc">http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html</a><br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;CCleaner: <a href="http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner" rel="ugc">http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner</a><br />
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If you are talking about the default icons then read this:<br />
<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-delete-or-destroy-the-recycle-bin-icon-in-windows-vista/" rel="ugc">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-delete-or-destroy-the-recycle-bin-icon-in-windows-vista/</a>
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Hmmm... don't add them to your desktop? What Icons are you talking about exactly?

If it is probably malware related run these:
Malwarebytes: http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html [http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html]
   CCleaner: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner [http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner]

If you are talking about the default icons then read this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-delete-or-destroy-the-recycle-bin-icon-in-windows-vista/ [http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-delete-or-destroy-the-recycle-bin-icon-in-windows-vista/]

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I installed carbonite.com a while back and the two icons that pertain to that application keep coming up on my desktop whenever I log out and back in.
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I installed carbonite.com a while back and the two icons that pertain to that application keep coming up on my desktop whenever I log out and back in.

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Do you still have it installed?
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can you delete those from c:\users\pc-name\Desktop ?<br />
you may need to do this from admin account
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can you delete those from c:\users\pc-name\Desktop ?
you may need to do this from admin account

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how do I stop unwanted shortcut icons from appearing on my desktop?<br />

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how do I stop unwanted shortcut icons from appearing on my desktop?


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