Can't delete shortcut from CMD
Solution 1:
You can make use of wildcards:
DEL "C:\adjust\path\shortcut_name.*"
Bare in mind: this is just a workaround and will delete every file with the same name in the target directory!
Solution 2:
Though it's not shown, even if you have set not to hide extensions in Explorer, all link files have the extension .lnk.
If you create a shortcut to Notepad that appears to be notepad.exe, to delete it from a command prompt, enter:
del notepad.exe.lnk