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Q: How to remove an application from desktop that is reading it as a disk

We recently downloaded Skype and it has left its installer on the desktop screen. We cannot remove it without closing the application and when we re open the application it keeps popping up back onto the desktop screen.The application is being read as a disk. How can we get rid of the application that isn't Skype it looks like a apple cd drive with a Skype logo on it

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 9:55 AM

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  • by Niel,Apple recommended

    Niel Niel Sep 13, 2016 10:01 AM in response to Ckperrins
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    Sep 13, 2016 10:01 AM in response to Ckperrins

    Drag Skype to the Applications folder or another location directly on the internal drive and open it from there. As is, Skype is being launched from a dmg file, and it needs to be mounted to run the application.

     

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