Odd things showing up on Parallels Desktop

I have the new intel iMac 2009 with Parallels and Windows XP. I've noticed lately that an icon titled "Windows XP" has shown up on the Parallels desktop. It is not an alias, rather the real thing (or so it seems). Can anyone tell me why it would be there and does it really need to stay there? It even has a generic format, since clearly the desktop didn't "know" what program it was.
Is it a weird Doppelganger of the proper Windows XP icon on the Mac OS Desktop?
Makes me think so, since in Windows I created two aliases to websites and now they're showing up on the MacOS Desktop, with generic-looking icons and the two parallel red lines.
Does all of this really need to be displayed? Would love to be able to suppress that stuff and just access it directly once I get over to the proper operating system.

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