Start Menu folder blocked on my desk (not the normal startup button)

There is a blocked on my office marked 'Start Menu' folder icon. When I click and drag it to the start menu, it creates a shortcut, it wont let me do a right-click Delete, I have no idea how it got there, my Start menu to regular is still there, but I can't seem to get rid of this new icon. Someone knows what to do?

Found this note to TechRepublic Web site:

Right-click on start - properties Menu. Change the mode of display Start Menu, clicking on "Classic Start Menu" or "Start Menu", and then click OK. The folder of the Start Menu on the desktop have now disappeared. Change the setting to return to normal.

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP

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