Desktop Shortcuts not opening

[Guest Sue]

I was cleaning out old files and I must have removed something critical. I

have to open up my files through start/allprograms instead of being able to

open shortcuts on desktop. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sue

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Desktop Shortcuts not opening

 

Open any program and create a new desktop Icon (shortcut) and delete the old

one.

"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0F38056A-76DB-47CE-BADD-DA5E241B85BC@microsoft.com...

>I was cleaning out old files and I must have removed something critical. I

> have to open up my files through start/allprograms instead of being able

> to

> open shortcuts on desktop. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sue

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Desktop Shortcuts not opening

 

Sue wrote:

> I was cleaning out old files and I must have removed something critical. I

> have to open up my files through Start, All Programs instead of being able to

> open shortcuts on desktop. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sue

 

First, click Start, Run, type:

 

SFC /SCANNOW

 

Click OK. (Please notice the space before the slash.) If any files are

damaged or missing, they'll be replaced. You may need to reboot

afterwards so damaged files will be replaced.

 

Next, try the .lnk and .url associations fixes here:

Fix File Associations.

http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

 

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Joe =o)