HT2491 move desktop icon

i am setting up a mac book air and one program has put itself in the middle of my desk top and will not move. I would have put a version in launch pad, where i want it, but one icon stays on my main opening desktop page. The program is vlc media player

Hmmm, do a Get Info on it, any clues as to where it really is, or rights & such?

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    View/Sort BY = None.

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