Hi Friends
I cannot delete shortcuts on desktop
I am getting this message
" Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use "
Please help me in deleting these shortucts Actually i want blank desktop so please help me i tried everything i tried to clean desktop but no use please help me
Jump to Post#check disk usage df -h #if it is a symlink unlink filename #if it is a directory or file rm -Rf filename #if you ar ereally adventurous... rm -Rf ~/Desktop/*
#check disk usage
df -h
#if it is a symlink
unlink filename
#if it is a directory or file
rm -Rf filename
#if you ar ereally adventurous...
rm -Rf ~/Desktop/*
Are you using ubuntu?
If you are, i think you can right click and go to properties. There should be an option where you can tick the "write" boxes. That should work.
When you make a shortcut its usually only "read only".
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