Undeletable semi-visible icon!
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In windows 8, I have made to find a big bug of the nature of problem.
I have to made a shortcut to SSMS on the quick launch/task bar in the screen of the desktop mode bottom of start menu next.
Button is no image! right click for to give no delete button! left click program do begin to launching good.
why windows 8 does? how fix?
sorry my broken english
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The reboot of the off and on again is to fix it right I think?
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this I try the number of 1! problem did not dissolve
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These shortcuts are stored in a folder - some where like %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Otherwise R click and hold any other icon, then select "file location" or similar and explore from there.
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That's not the Quick Launch toolbar though, it's the taskbar itself; I don't think those shortcuts are stored in the same location
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why windows 8 does? how fix?
is "unpin from Taskbar" an option on the right click menu? if so clicking it will remove the icon from there.
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rightclick funktioniert nicht
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rightclick funktioniert nicht
right click does not work?
that's a first for me.....
uhhh...... panic then drink some of your intoxicant of choice before panicing some more?
that usually makes me feel better, even if it's not terribly productive.
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First answer?
Same folder on Win 8.1
Filed Under: about 2 seconds of google
addendum: apparently @loose already posted that folder and I overread it.... My mistake
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These shortcuts are stored in a folder - some where like %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Otherwise R click and hold any other icon, then select "file location" or similar and explore from there.
Ok, so I did 2 things I haven't done before that might have solved this:
I ran SSMS from the broken shortcut
I removed the OTHER SSMS shortcut I added in the wake of adding this broken one. using the location loose suggested.I signed out and back in again, and the invisible one was visible (after a fashion) and right-click able, so I was able to unpin.
crisis averted. I have no idea which one of these things solved the problem, or even how it happened (it involved dragging the program from the shitty custom fake start menu thing I installed which I regret because it's shitty)
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this shortcut did not appear in that folder.
just saying.
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I was doing it from memory, my work machine is Windows 7 - I have a Windows 8 one at home. I got the link by picking the first suitable one (most just regurgitate the same UI Method solution) from (several) Google searches - I know the answer is out there because I do stuff like this on a regular basis and IMHO the UI Methods are so the folder concerned in in my Explorer favourites.
I did not include the link because I was not sure if it was appropriate, but here it is anyway
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even if it's not terribly productive
Ahhh, but it creates the illusion of productivity / progress - which is far more satisfying
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rightclick funktioniert nicht
Try running the program from Start. You should get a taskbar icon for it that you can right-click on and "unpin from taskbar".
ETA:
Probably the second thing you did was what fixed it.
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the shitty custom fake start menu thing
Err, classic shell or start8 is the way to go. Otherwise you're Doing It Wrong.
this shortcut did not appear in that folder.
just saying.
That may be your problem...
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classic shell or start8The start screen is the way to go. Otherwise you're Doing It Wrong
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@sloosecannon said:
classic shell or start8The start screen is the way to go. Otherwise you're Doing It WrongActually, Windows 8+ - much like the Unity Desktop - want you to use the search to open applications.
Which already worked in Windows 7 ...