You can get rid of the icons by just dragging and
dropping them to your Recycle Bin, which will not
delete the program from your PC.

Are the new ones for programs you recently installed?
Many times, a new install will ask you whether you
want to create desktop icons and quicklaunch icons.
Also, if you did not recently request a program to be
installed, it may be spyware, which, of course
installs without your knowledge. I would recommend
Spybot and Adaware, simply because they are free. I
would also recommend that you scan the system once a
week, whether you have problems or not.

Spybot:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Adaware:

http://www.lavasoft.de

--- Kay Huff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I normally have little icons in the bottom right
> corner of my desktop
> for things I use often.  Suddenly I now have a bunch
>  on the left, next
> to the Start button.  Some are the same ones that I
> have on the right
> and some are different.  I don't know why they are
> there, or how they
> got there.
>
> How do I get rid of them?  I did a right click and
> got the impression it
> would delete the program, not just the icon.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions.  Thanks in
> advance.
>
> k
>
> Kay Huff
> Illinois-USA
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
>                          PCSOFT's List Owner's:
>                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
>                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
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