When you uninstall a program, the program shortcut (lnk) can not be removed

Yes, I have windows 7, and it's a little corrupt (maybe)

and if I want to remove programs always displays a message ' the shortcut cannot be removed [application_name] .lnk manually remove "(example: the shortcut cannot not removed iTunes.lnk delete manually) and not only to iTunes, other software too. Google earth, firefox and more. so I thought whats wrong with my windows 7?

my windows 7 already cured by the virus, and abnormal activity arises.

example: what firefox installation, a pop-up appears: "cannot continue the error code [code]" and I tried to run as administrator, firefox has been installed successfully.

and disappear from the image (animation windows 7) and old bar of start (like windows XP) appears.

who is wrong?

I think my computer is virus-free. There is no problem in the connection, games, etc.

EDIT: my computer is completely virus-free.

scanned by avira: clean (and now uninstalled)
scanned by avast: clean (installed right now)

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the detailed description of issue.

Exactly how do you try to uninstall the program?

Method 1:

You can try the fix it from the links:

Solve problems with programs that cannot be installed or uninstalled

http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall/

Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/

Method 2:

Try to uninstall the program in clean boot mode:

Reference:

How to perform a clean boot for a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

Note: See "How to reset the computer to start as usual after a clean boot troubleshooting" under more information to prepare the computer to start as usual after a repair.

See also:

Uninstall or change a program

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/uninstall-or-change-a-program

I hope this helps. If you have any other queries/issues related to Windows, write us and we will be happy to help you further.

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