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Out of nowhere a icon appeared on my desktop that has a lock on it and I want to get rid of it. It's for my TV turner card and I haven't even set it up yet.

 

anyway I tried every trick I know and I can't move it to trash.

 

help me please. I love Mandriva but I fast getting frustrated and don't want to go back to "you know WHERE"

 

thanks

 

 

[moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)]

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How much do you know about file permissions and what kind of tricks have you already tried?

 

If you're not sure who owns the file, right-click on it and look at the properties, or alternatively open a console and type

ls -l Desktop/

(list the contents of the Desktop directory in long format) - and post the result here if you're still not sure. This should tell you who owns that file, and also who has which permissions to access it. You'll need "write" permissions in order to delete it or move it to Trash.

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