realDeal

My mom (computer illiterate) copied the desktop folder to the desktop. Windows didn't allow me to delete it so I just copied it back over the Desktop folder in my user profile. Now the desktop is all screwed up. Every time I make a shortcut on it, it makes two icons, one of which is permanently stuck and can't be deleted. Anyone know how to fix this?

Yes I removed them using the regedit program. Is it dangerous using this program since you said "I've got guts"?

Thanks for the advice everybody. I manually removed the programs from the registry. Now my Add/Remove list looks much neater!

I've got a few redundant entries that refuse to leave the list no matter how many times I click remove. How do I get them off permanently. I've tried some registry cleaning programs yet they don't work either.