Thanks all for the replies. I used:

Break on cls
IF EXIST ("%userprofile%\Desktop\Syteline.lnk") = 1
DEL "%userprofile%\Desktop\Syteline.lnk"
Endif

It worked! One other question, I am also trying to delete a folder using the code:

If EXIST ("%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Syteline") = 1
DEL "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Syteline"
Endif

This does not work. I figured it would work the same as for an icon. Any ideas? Thanks.

Gordon