Go to Recycle Bin. Go up a level so you can right click on Properties. Uncheck Display delete confirmation dialog. The caveat is you'll never be warned about anything when deleting, so it's for power users only.

I have a small service business helping people with their home PC's. Trust me, there are still a LOT of people who don't understand the concept of the 'Shortcut'. The warning is needed, and is a result of Windows being an OS for both Uber-geeks, and your technically naive mother in law.

That said, if you always choose to do a 'Custom Install' when installing software, you can now frequently choose whether or not you get a desktop shortcut.

Does the TweakUI utility get rid of those taskbar popups? Closing an popup everytime I pop in a flash drive or when the wireless network connects are way more annoying than the shortcut message.

I remember back in Windows 95 that some desktop shortcuts (Compuserve trialware comes to mind) you couldn't delete. Getting rid of that one required pretty extensive registry hacks.

@dgc - Yes. Install TweakUI, navigate to "Taskbar and Start menu" and clear the check box for "Enable balloon tips." OK your way out.

Rob, i disagree w/ you about reminder messages of that level of simplicity.
i'm not illiterate but i am challenged, and i appreciate that kind of reminder, even though i don't personally need it now because (1) i do know it and (2) i'm happily liberated from Windows into Mac.
i have many goobers in my 4-year-old G5, and whenever i see an exotic icon i wonder what it is and can i safely remove it. i wouldn't want to discourage the company from giving me obvious cautions.
As i say, i'm not illiterate but i have many gaps in my knowledge that would surprise some. This would below on my list of beefs.
jack macKenzie

I'm fairly sure that that wasn't in 95... at any rate, it's not a completely stupid message, as there are lots of people who don't understand the difference between shortcut and program. On my list of windows legitimate gripes, this is somewhere near the bottom.

Folks, you're misunderstanding me if you think I want this warning turned off for everybody. I just want the option to turn it off for myself--I resent the assumption that I am incapable of learning how a computer works. Why does this warning (unlike, say, the alerts Internet Explorer pops up when you're about to log onto an encrypted site) not come with a "don't show me this again" checkbox?

So, my thanks to Hemisphere for pointing out the obvious remedy that I didn't think of--turning off the file-delete warning altogether. I'm happy to operate without that; in the 25 or so years since I first sat down in front of a computer keyboard, I'm quite confident that I've learned what the Delete key does to a file.

- RP

I've been using Intel PCs since the pre-Windows days of DOS, and that reminder doesn't bother me at all.

Picky, picky, picky... (grin)

Thanks hemisphire.Cool

OK, now let's find a way to get rid of the Windows Update reboot reminder. Yes, I know the updates won't be installed until I reboot. No, you don't have to tell me every 10 frellin' minutes, *especially* by stealing focus with a modal window.

How about a 'back door' upgrade for IE7 WITHOUT needing a GUE check AFTER everything has already downloaded -- shame on you Google!

If I remember correctly, that particular warning about deleting shortcuts not deleting the actual application came in with either Windows 2000 or Windows XP; although, I believe there has been some nag about whether or not you wanted to delete the item from the beginning -- just not the elucidation about the ins and outs of application removal.

In VISTA and Win XP, there is a bothersome nag that invariably pops up when closing Outlook Express or the Windows Mail app in VISTA. I've found no way to nuke it, so to speak. Any ideas on how to delete this nag?

Collis Davis

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the nag I was referring to is the compacting request re. emails in Outlook Express or Windows Mail utility in VISTA.

How do I get rid of the message line in IE Explorer 7 "website wants to run the following add on Windows live messenger".
I never want to run messenger .
Ideas appreciated.

NEVER DO THIS!
The constant windows messages are for your own good!

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

>I'm fairly sure that that wasn't in 95...

I don't believe it was in Windows 95 either. I don't even think it was in Windows 98.

How about this: upon installing windows and getting to the create new profile page, why not let the user choose a level of "verboseness"? something like
()-I am L33T, I know everything..
()-I have worked on windows for ages, but I could use some hints.
()-I am quite new, please assist me a lot.
()-I am a granny, I don't know what a "mouse" is.

Maybe in the next version of windows? I think it's a relatively good idea.