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  1. May 24th, 2002, 09:54 AM #1
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    Desktop Icon/Shortcut

    Does anyone know how to prevent the Desktop icon/shortcut from being deleted. I can remove the shortcut arrow but I would like to prevent deletion as well. Thankyou
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  2. May 24th, 2002, 10:14 AM #2
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    I don't think this is possible in VB. Desktop icons/shortcuts are files and unless if you somehow managed to superhide them (which does not include putting it on the desktop). The icons like My Computer are NOT shortcuts - they're COM objects with special methods implemented. Unless if you either use C++ or find a good VB COM Type Library, you dan't do that, and even if you do, the user can go into the registry and delete your hwnd, therefore removing your VF.


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