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[sagarpatel]

please tell me how to remove shortcut files like ntuser.dat

[SendOfJive Norton Fighter]

Hi sagarpatel,

You do not want to remove ntuser.dat.  You can place it out of sight by unchecking the "Show hidden files and folders" option in Windows.  Please see the following for a discussion of what ntuser.dat is, and  how to view it or hide it:

http://www.ehow.com/about_6697490_ntuser-dat-file_.html

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

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sagarpatel wrote:
please tell me how to remove shortcut files like ntuser.dat

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See what others suggest but if you don't know what a file does and/or how to deal with it PLEASE don't think you will benefit from removing it -- you ae more likely to end up with a dead computer and paying someone to restore it.

Please give us some more information -- here's my boilerplate for starters:

To get you the best advice, would you give us some more information about your system:

What version of Windows are you using including Service Packs and whether 32 bit or 64 bit as well as the Name and Version ID of the Norton product that you are using -- Help or Support / About is where that is, in the format of nn.nn.nn.nnn where n is a number.

If you have the COMCAST version of Norton 360 / Security Suite and not the normal commercial version please be sure to tell us.

Please tell us why you want to get rid of this "shorcut" .... which so far as I can see is not a shortcut but a data file for Windows.

If you get any error messages please give the exact wording of them as well as any other background that could be helpful.

Please also say what internet browser you are using -- name and version number ...

[mp3jo Super Virus Trouncer]

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sagarpatel wrote:
please tell me how to remove shortcut files like ntuser.dat

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Maybe you mean a tool like CCleaner which deletes

Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat

Please give us details, thanks.

[sagarpatel]

Windows 7

64-bit home premium

norton internet security

19.5.0.145

[huwyngr Norton Fighter · Accepted solution]

sagarpatel.

Please before you do anything suggested in messages here read again Message #2 here in reply to your first query

<< You do not want to remove ntuser.dat.  >> 

That file is part of the operating system and the reason you see it, on your desktop I imagine, is because in the settings for Windows Explorer which pressing WINKEY + E at the same time will take you to make it show.

To change this open up Windows Explorer and if you do not see the Menu Bar ( File ..... Help ) press ALT and it will show.

Select Tools / Folder Options / View TAB and down there you will see Show hidden files with a dot against it. Deselect that by selecteing the one above it and OK your way out. Restart your computer and you should no longer see index.dat or the dekstop.ini files on your desktop