hi,
if he just tidied up the unused short cuts, you should
still have the file. the short cut is just an icon on the
screen not the whole file. the short cut points to the
file which in on your disk somewhere. do a search on the
file name.

-----Original Message-----
I had a spreadsheet saved on the desk top my partner
decided to tidy up and
delete "unused" shortcuts he has also emptied the recycle
bin is there anyway
i can recover this spreadsheet
.