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how do i remove icons that firefox does not recognise from my desktop?

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i have 2 files that i saved in firefox on my desktop. they were from airline websites from when i was looking for best price etc. i am unable to delete them- firefox says- Cannot delete file: cannot read source file or disk. how can i get these off of my desktop?

== shortly after saving the files to my deskop

i have 2 files that i saved in firefox on my desktop. they were from airline websites from when i was looking for best price etc. i am unable to delete them- firefox says- Cannot delete file: cannot read source file or disk. how can i get these off of my desktop? == shortly after saving the files to my deskop

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I have unwanted desktop icons that were generated when downloading pictures from web sites. They will not delete. Is their a icon removal tool for my desktop? I know that their are many other similar posts. Regards & thanks

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there is a tool for removing unused desktop icons. tried it several times to no avail.

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I cannot get the Firefox disk icon off of my desktop! help!