how can I remove shortcuts from my task bar if the link is dead?

I tried the Chrome development version for a few days, didn't like it because my tabs became broken and wouldn't load properly. I changed back to the live version, but I forgot to uninstall the development version, which gave me 2 chrome icons on my task bar, but they would both load a broken version of Chrome. I then uninstalled Chrome through the control panel and reinstalled the live version, but I now have one of those broken links on my task bar (a blank page with a folded corner) that points to a version of Chrome that's no longer there. Is there a way to remove this icon?

Solution 1:

I ended up finding the method purely by accident.

If you leftclick an icon in your taskbar that refers to something that's no longer there, you get an error message and the question if you want to remove that icon. Accept and it's gone.