Mounted volume on desktop

Not sure if this is really a Mac question, but I'm not very conversant in 'volumes' so maybe someone can help. I just installed Adobe Flash Player 9 and now have its icon on my desktop. When I use Check Info, it tells me this is a 'volume'. I've tried moving it to my Applications folder, but only an alias appears, while the icon remains on my desktop. If I select the icon, I have the option of ejecting it, but not sure I'm supposed to do that. Any way I can move or remove this icon? Thanks!

Hi
Many Mac programs are bundled online in the form of disk images (like an archive file). Once you launch them, they mount to the desktop just like a real disk or drive. Inside the disk image will be either a straight application, which gets copied to the Applications folder, or an installer, which you will need to run to install the application. I'm not sure which the Flash Player is (probably an installer), but once it's correctly installed, you can actually eject the mounted image (by dragging it to the trash) and also trash the original unmounted disk image (which will be a .dmg file) from your desktop or Downloads folder.
Matt

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