Batch To Delete Shortcut on Desktop

[data808]

I run this batch file and it says it can't find it:

@echo off
del "%userprofile%\desktop\TEST"

pause


The shortcut is called TEST on the desktop but this batch file says it can't find it. Am I missing something?

Thanks.

[ShadowThief]

If it's a shortcut, it almost certainly has the .lnk extension (that's a lowercase L, not a capital i) and you have extensions turned off so you can't see it.

[data808]

I figured there was an extension that I couldn't see and I thought it was .ink not .lnk. So I did run it both with and without .ink but it didn't work. I just tried .lnk and it worked. Thanks for clarifying that.

Also not sure if shortcut extensions are different but I am able to see all file extensions except for shortcuts which is kinda weird.