Prevent Deleting Desktop Items

http://www.winforumz.com/windows/Problem-deleting-desktop-items-ftopict634532.html (Problem with deleting desktop items)
Hey! I have run into a problem that is driving me nuts! I delete some files/etc on my desktop and for some reason an automatic copy is being made, so that the file will NOT go away :-0 I tried to delete through a folder, holding the control, but I now have dozens of copies on my desktop... Can..
« R.click on the desktop,properties,display,customize desktop,run the desktop clean-up utility. »

http://www.winforumz.com/windows/Deleting-desktop-icon-source-file-ftopict604031.html (Deleting desktop icon with no source file)
Last year I somehow set up a desktop shortcut to a file, which later I must have deleted; however, the desktop shortcut did not delete. Because there is no source file anywhere in the computer, when I try to delete the desktop shortcut, I am unable to and receive this message: "Cannot delete fi..
« I have done that occasionally. The way I deal with it is to create a file as a TXT file, put a couple of characters in it, close it, and rename it to the file the shortcut is asking for. Then, o.. »
« Cannot delete file Cannot read from the source file or disk You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume See: Invalid File Names here... How to locate and correct disk space.. »