All icons on desktop open winzip when clicked Please Help

Hello All,
I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file types", now
when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can anyone help me
out of this dilemma?

Thanks

MMJII

Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut, browse to the
program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and follow the
on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the old one.
--
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

"MMJII" wrote in message
...
Hello All,
I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file types",
now
when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can anyone help
me
out of this dilemma?

Thanks

MMJII

Huh? What aboooout...?...

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut, browse
to the
| program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
follow the
| on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the old
one.
| --
| 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
|
| "MMJII" wrote in message
| ...
| Hello All,
| I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
types",
| now
| when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can anyone
help
| me
| out of this dilemma?
|
| Thanks
|
| MMJII
|
|
|
|

That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He screwed up the
associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he should not
have..

--
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

"PCR" wrote in message
...
Huh? What aboooout...?...

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut, browse
to the
| program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
follow the
| on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the old
one.
| --
| 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
|
| "MMJII" wrote in message
| ...
| Hello All,
| I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
types",
| now
| when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can anyone
help
| me
| out of this dilemma?
|
| Thanks
|
| MMJII
|
|
|
|

Thanks for ail the info, however when I attempted to repair the links the
way you suggested. the shortcut still loads winzip, if I click on the actual
..exe the program loads.

Any further help is greatly appreciated
MMJII
"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He screwed up
the
associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he should not
have..

--
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

"PCR" wrote in message
...
Huh? What aboooout...?...

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut, browse
to the
| program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
follow the
| on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the old
one.
| --
| 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
|
| "MMJII" wrote in message
| ...
| Hello All,
| I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
types",
| now
| when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can anyone
help
| me
| out of this dilemma?
|
| Thanks
|
| MMJII
|
|
|
|

What happens when you right click the .exe file, select: create short cut
and then click that shortcut?

--
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

"MMJII" wrote in message
...
Thanks for ail the info, however when I attempted to repair the links the
way you suggested. the shortcut still loads winzip, if I click on the
actual
.exe the program loads.

Any further help is greatly appreciated
MMJII
"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He screwed up
the
associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he should
not
have..

--
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

"PCR" wrote in message
...
Huh? What aboooout...?...

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut, browse
to the
| program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
follow the
| on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the
old
one.
| --
| 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
|
| "MMJII" wrote in message
| ...
| Hello All,
| I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
types",
| now
| when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can
anyone
help
| me
| out of this dilemma?
|
| Thanks
|
| MMJII
|
|
|
|

same as above the shortcut starts WinZip.
"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
What happens when you right click the .exe file, select: create short cut
and then click that shortcut?

--
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

"MMJII" wrote in message
...
Thanks for ail the info, however when I attempted to repair the links
the
way you suggested. the shortcut still loads winzip, if I click on the
actual
.exe the program loads.

Any further help is greatly appreciated
MMJII
"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He screwed
up
the
associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he should
not
have..

--
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

"PCR" wrote in message
...
Huh? What aboooout...?...

http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut,
browse
to the
| program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
follow the
| on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the
old
one.
| --
| 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
|
| "MMJII" wrote in message
| ...
| Hello All,
| I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
types",
| now
| when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can
anyone
help
| me
| out of this dilemma?
|
| Thanks
|
| MMJII
|
|
|
|

..LNK is the extension

MMJII
"PCR" wrote in message
...
Oh. Sorry. Yes, I see; that .reg is inappropriate. Still, I think MMJII
has mussed associations, if he's been inside Folder Options. He should
state the file types of the icons he's clicking, maybe.

So, R-Clk one, Properties, General tab. What shows in in "MS-DOS Name",
after the final dot?

Here I believe is your .reg (which I downloaded long ago). I guess it
doesn't re-associate .lnk's...

.......LnkW98.zip...................
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="C:\\WINDOWS\\rundll32.exe AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"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}]
@=""

.......End of LnkW98.zip............


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He screwed
up the
| associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he should
not
| have..
|
| --
| 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
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| Huh? What aboooout...?...
|
| http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
| Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Ron Badour" wrote in message
| ...
| | Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut,
browse
| to the
| | program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
| follow the
| | on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the
old
| one.
| | --
| | 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
| |
| | "MMJII" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Hello All,
| | I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
| types",
| | now
| | when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can
anyone
| help
| | me
| | out of this dilemma?
| |
| | Thanks
| |
| | MMJII
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

Oh. Sorry. Yes, I see; that .reg is inappropriate. Still, I think MMJII
has mussed associations, if he's been inside Folder Options. He should
state the file types of the icons he's clicking, maybe.

So, R-Clk one, Properties, General tab. What shows in in "MS-DOS Name",
after the final dot?

Here I believe is your .reg (which I downloaded long ago). I guess it
doesn't re-associate .lnk's...

........LnkW98.zip...................
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="C:\\WINDOWS\\rundll32.exe AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
"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}]
@=""

........End of LnkW98.zip............


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
| That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He screwed
up the
| associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he should
not
| have..
|
| --
| 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
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| Huh? What aboooout...?...
|
| http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
| Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Ron Badour" wrote in message
| ...
| | Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut,
browse
| to the
| | program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK and
| follow the
| | on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete the
old
| one.
| | --
| | 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
| |
| | "MMJII" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Hello All,
| | I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view" "file
| types",
| | now
| | when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can
anyone
| help
| | me
| | out of this dilemma?
| |
| | Thanks
| |
| | MMJII
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|

Go back into "START, Settings, Folder Options, File Types tab". Use the
keyboard down-arrow to slowly examine each one. Which shows "Extension:
LNK"?

If one is actually named "LNK File", highlight it, & click the Remove
button. I have WinZip, & there is no such thing in my tab.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"MMJII" wrote in message
...
| .LNK is the extension
|
| MMJII
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| Oh. Sorry. Yes, I see; that .reg is inappropriate. Still, I think
MMJII
| has mussed associations, if he's been inside Folder Options. He
should
| state the file types of the icons he's clicking, maybe.
|
| So, R-Clk one, Properties, General tab. What shows in in "MS-DOS
Name",
| after the final dot?
|
| Here I believe is your .reg (which I downloaded long ago). I guess
it
| doesn't re-associate .lnk's...
|
| .......LnkW98.zip...................
| REGEDIT4
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
| @="lnkfile"
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
| "Command"="C:\\WINDOWS\\rundll32.exe AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2"
|
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
| @="Shortcut"
| "EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
| "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}]
| @=""
|
| .......End of LnkW98.zip............
|
|
| --
| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "Ron Badour" wrote in message
| ...
| | That .reg file works when the .lnk association is broke. He
screwed
| up the
| | associations by making WinZip the program to open files when he
should
| not
| | have..
| |
| | --
| | 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
| |
| | "PCR" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Huh? What aboooout...?...
| |
| | http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/assets/images/LnkW98.zip
| | Link Association (Shortcut) Repair. W95 with IE4 and W98.
| |
| |
| | --
| | Thanks or Good Luck,
| | There may be humor in this post, and,
| | Naturally, you will not sue,
| | should things get worse after this,
| | PCR
| |
| | "Ron Badour" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | Create new shortcuts. Right click the desktop, new shortcut,
| browse
| | to the
| | | program's folder, click the program's execute file, click OK
and
| | follow the
| | | on screen prompts. When your new shortcut is working, delete
the
| old
| | one.
| | | --
| | | 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
| | |
| | | "MMJII" wrote in message
| | | ...
| | | Hello All,
| | | I mistakenly associated some files to WinZip using "view"
"file
| | types",
| | | now
| | | when I click on desktop application icons WinZip starts. Can
| anyone
| | help
| | | me
| | | out of this dilemma?
| | |
| | | Thanks
| | |
| | | MMJII
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|