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some desktop shortcuts stopped working
All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do?
Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/reg_files.html
Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Gerhard" wrote in message ... All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do? Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
Applied .Lnk, but problem remained. Thank you, Gerhard
Ron Badour wrote: Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. "Gerhard" wrote: All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do? Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
What happens when you click one of the shortcuts that don't work? R_Clk
one of them instead, select Properties, & post what it shows in "URL". Perhaps, paste the URL into an Address Bar & hit ENTER. What happened? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gerhard" wrote in message ... | Applied .Lnk, but problem remained. Thank you, Gerhard | | Ron Badour wrote: | Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. | | "Gerhard" wrote: | | All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do? | Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
I right clicked on the desktop creating an address bar and pasted the URL’s http://www.google.com/ http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2 in the command line & hit enter and nothing happened. Just like in the case of those nonworking shortcuts. Thanks, Gerhard "PCR" wrote: What happens when you click one of the shortcuts that don't work? R_Clk one of them instead, select Properties, & post what it shows in "URL". Perhaps, paste the URL into an Address Bar & hit ENTER. What happened? "Gerhard" wrote in message ... | Applied .Lnk, but problem remained. Thank you, Gerhard | | Ron Badour wrote: | Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. | | "Gerhard" wrote: | | All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do? | Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
I right clicked on the desktop creating an address bar and pasted the URL’s
http://www.google.com/ http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2 in the command line & hit enter and nothing happened. Just like in the case of those nonworking shortcuts. Thanks, Gerhard "PCR" wrote: What happens when you click one of the shortcuts that don't work? R_Clk one of them instead, select Properties, & post what it shows in "URL". Perhaps, paste the URL into an Address Bar & hit ENTER. What happened? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gerhard" wrote in message ... | Applied .Lnk, but problem remained. Thank you, Gerhard | | Ron Badour wrote: | Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. | | "Gerhard" wrote: | | All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do? | Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
I right clicked on the desktop creating an address bar and pasted the URL’s
http://www.google.com/ http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2 in the command line & hit enter and nothing happened. Just like in the case of those nonworking shortcuts. Thanks, Gerhard "PCR" wrote: What happens when you click one of the shortcuts that don't work? R_Clk one of them instead, select Properties, & post what it shows in "URL". Perhaps, paste the URL into an Address Bar & hit ENTER. What happened? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gerhard" wrote in message ... | Applied .Lnk, but problem remained. Thank you, Gerhard | | Ron Badour wrote: | Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. | | "Gerhard" wrote: | | All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any suggestions what to do? | Thanks in advance, Gerhard |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
That first definitely works. As it doesn't work for you, EVEN PASTED to
the Address Bar, I'm thinking it isn't a shortcut problem. The shortcut's job ends when the URL is delivered to an Address Bar, I think. Are you getting an error message? A busy pointer? What? (1) Perhaps... "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool" It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is indicated. (2) Nevertheless, here is what I have in my Registry that corresponds to Badour's fix. I believe it is a tad different. Do you know how to compare this to yours...?... REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk] @="lnkfile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew] "Command"="RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}] @="{500202A0-731E-11d0-B829-00C04FD706EC}" REGEDIT4 [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\IconHandler] @="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler] @="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandl ers\{00021401-0000-00 00-C000-000000000046}] @="" -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gerhard" wrote in message ... | I right clicked on the desktop creating an address bar and pasted the URL’s | http://www.google.com/ | http://login.passport.net/uilogin.srf?id=2 | in the command line & hit enter and nothing happened. Just like in the case of those nonworking shortcuts. Thanks, Gerhard | | | "PCR" wrote: | | What happens when you click one of the shortcuts that don't work? R_Clk | one of them instead, select Properties, & post what it shows in "URL". | Perhaps, paste the URL into an Address Bar & hit ENTER. What happened? | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "Gerhard" wrote in message | ... | | Applied .Lnk, but problem remained. Thank you, Gerhard | | | | Ron Badour wrote: | | Download the .Lnk association fix file and see if that does it. | | | | "Gerhard" wrote: | | | | All of a sudden some of my desktop shortcuts (like google and | hotmail) stopped working. Others (like I.E. and MS Outlook) continue to | work. Even newly created shortcuts of hotmail e.g. don't work. Any | suggestions what to do? | | Thanks in advance, Gerhard | | | |
some desktop shortcuts stopped working
Wonderful. The IE Repair fixed the problem. Thank you very much, Gerhard
"PCR" wrote: | "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool" | It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & |
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