lnk extensions

[Guest crazylarry]

Resently my win200 pro went crazy. I lost all my normal icons and now they

have lnk extensions and all the programs in the start up menu have the same

extensions. I have no idea what I did but obviously I did something. I can

run all the programs but its a long drawn out process to do so. I really dont

want to have to reload everything if I can help it. I sure would like to hear

from someone that has had, and solved this problem. Help Help Help and thanks

in advance.

 

crazylarry

[Guest Dave Patrick]

Re: lnk extensions

 

What happens if you logon as a new user? (create a new user account in Users

and Passwords)

 

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"crazylarry" wrote:

> Resently my win200 pro went crazy. I lost all my normal icons and now they

> have lnk extensions and all the programs in the start up menu have the

> same

> extensions. I have no idea what I did but obviously I did something. I can

> run all the programs but its a long drawn out process to do so. I really

> dont

> want to have to reload everything if I can help it. I sure would like to

> hear

> from someone that has had, and solved this problem. Help Help Help and

> thanks

> in advance.

>

> crazylarry

[Guest Ben Myers]

Re: lnk extensions

 

"crazylarry" <crazylarry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BD0A2FB2-0B0C-4D67-BF71-2F84C6105D20@microsoft.com...

> Resently my win200 pro went crazy. I lost all my normal icons and now they

> have lnk extensions and all the programs in the start up menu have the same

> extensions. I have no idea what I did but obviously I did something. I can

> run all the programs but its a long drawn out process to do so. I really dont

> want to have to reload everything if I can help it. I sure would like to hear

> from someone that has had, and solved this problem. Help Help Help and thanks

> in advance.

 

Copy and paste the following text to Notepad and save it to a floppy as

"a:\lnk.reg". Start the Windows 2000 computer, insert the floppy, find the

"lnk.reg" file in Windows Explorer or My Computer, double-click it and

confirm the modification. You may have to restart the computer for the

change to take effect.

 

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]

@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]

@="{500202A0-731E-11d0-B829-00C04FD706EC}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]

"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]

@="Shortcut"

"EditFlags"=dword:00000001

"IsShortcut"=""

"NeverShowExt"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\CLSID]

@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline Files]

@="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]

@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler]

@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[end]

 

Ben