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jd4science
03-22-2003, 04:17 AM
I have a choice in the start menu called default. If I go and delete it in file explorer, it keeps coming back! :bad-words: I don't think it is a program, and "Remover" doesn't find anything. Thanks,
Justin.
spursdude
03-22-2003, 05:18 AM
I assume you have checked out Start>Settings>Menus? Just making sure...
Brad Adrian
03-22-2003, 05:34 AM
What applications have you installed lately? It's got to have been placed there during some installation procedure.
jd4science
03-22-2003, 06:07 AM
I assume you have checked out Start>Settings>Menus? Just making sure...
It is in there, but I have unchecked it. It usually coles back after about a day or so. As for apps, WinamPAQ and taskPLUS. I have hads those for quite a while though. Oi!
Steven Cedrone
03-22-2003, 06:26 AM
Does it usually come back after a soft reset? See what's in your Startup folder...

Steve
Ekkie Tepsupornchai
03-22-2003, 07:42 AM
Check in your File Explorer. Is this default icon a shortcut to a program, or is it the program itself?

If it's a shortcut, check the file properties to see where the shortcut is coming from. That may give you an idea of how it got there (especially if pointing to a folder inside your "Program Files" folder).

Otherwise, Steve had a good suggestion, I'd delete the icon and then soft-reboot and see if it comes back. If it comes back, there's likely something going on in your startup.
jd4science
03-22-2003, 07:48 AM
I checked my startup, nothing. Did a soft reset. I found the icon in my programs folder, and when I click it, I get the "there is no applicatiob . . . " error.I deleted it there, thanks
Janak Parekh
03-22-2003, 08:25 AM
Another totally random idea:

Using ActiveSync, copy the file to your desktop and open it in Notepad. What does it say? (It'll show you the name of the file it's "pointing to")

--janak
Ekkie Tepsupornchai
03-22-2003, 11:03 AM
Another totally random idea:

Using ActiveSync, copy the file to your desktop and open it in Notepad. What does it say? (It'll show you the name of the file it's "pointing to")

--janak
I thought he should be able to do that from file explorer by holding down on the file and then selecting properties? No?
Janak Parekh
03-22-2003, 07:22 PM
I thought he should be able to do that from file explorer by holding down on the file and then selecting properties? No?
Nope. There's no "Properties" option. Annoying, isn't it?

--janak
Ekkie Tepsupornchai
03-22-2003, 07:43 PM
I thought he should be able to do that from file explorer by holding down on the file and then selecting properties? No?
Nope. There's no "Properties" option. Annoying, isn't it?

--janak
Ahh YES there is..... (*cough* in Resco File Explorer that is :wink:)
Janak Parekh
03-22-2003, 07:49 PM
Ahh YES there is..... (*cough* in Resco File Explorer that is :wink:)
That's why I bought DEXplor (http://dexplor.com/), myself. :)

--janak
Ekkie Tepsupornchai
03-22-2003, 08:01 PM
That's why I bought DEXplor (http://dexplor.com/), myself. :)
I like the features on that... you find that product to be pretty stable?
Janak Parekh
03-22-2003, 08:22 PM
I like the features on that... you find that product to be pretty stable?
Yes. Only problem is that it's slower, but I infinitely prefer the view to Resco. Dan has said he's working on the speed problem, so I'll be glad when the next version comes out.

--janak
jd4science
03-22-2003, 10:03 PM
Well, as of right now it is gone, but it has done that before... Thanks for the help if it stays away! :D
Ekkie Tepsupornchai
03-22-2003, 10:30 PM
Well, as of right now it is gone, but it has done that before... Thanks for the help if it stays away! :D
If it comes back, I think Janak and I have provided about a half-dozen ways to check where the shortcut may be pointing to. :D

I'd be curious to find out if it comes back. Keep us posted.