Delete files/recurse dir -- desktop went blank.

[jassing]

While running an install on a client machine, the desktop went blank (we were able to replicate this once locally; but it's been reported about 8 times now)

during a "delete aoa*.lnk" from "%windir%" (recurse subdirs) teh desktop goes gray for the rest of the install; clicking on the desktop gives "All users/desktop has been removed".
when the installer is finished; it's returned.

Any ideas?

[jassing]

Discovered that the delete/ recurse directory deletes empty folders. (Made a suggestion in the other forum)

Worked around it by 1st searching for the file; then parsing the string in a while/endwhile loop & deleting each individual file.