Weird ->> All Shortcuts (including .EXE) opening Excel.

Hi All,


I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me.


Something wierd has happened to my PC.


I'm running Windows 98 SE everything has ben going well but today every

shortcut on my machine now tries to open Microsoft Excel.


i.e. all those on desktop and those in start bar.


It doesn;t matter what file type the files are they all try and open in

excel. Including .EXE.


All files them selvers .EXE, .xls, .doc etc... all open OK if you
double click them direclt but if you double click a short cut excel
opens.


All file associations seem correct.


I don;t think I've done anything - do I have a virus ? I have scanned
the machine but didn't find anything


Thanks


Anbeyon

It looks like the .lnk (shortcut) association is wrong.

I will give you a fix for the usual lnkfile problem
Make a file from the lines below called Link.reg and doubleclick it.
You can use Notepad to create it from this message. Don't retype it as
an error might occur. Copy it.
Ensure that REGEDIT4 is the first line and that your mail/newsreader
does not add a space to the end of any line.
Ensure the last line is blank.

You will need to restart Windows after this fix to see the effect.

----------Link.reg ----below this line
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="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\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=""

--------(end of link.reg-----

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On 13 Oct 2005 12:43:58 -0700, wrote:

Hi All,


I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me.
Something wierd has happened to my PC.
I'm running Windows 98 SE everything has ben going well but today every
shortcut on my machine now tries to open Microsoft Excel.

i.e. all those on desktop and those in start bar.

It doesn;t matter what file type the files are they all try and open in

excel. Including .EXE.

All files them selvers .EXE, .xls, .doc etc... all open OK if you
double click them direclt but if you double click a short cut excel
opens.

All file associations seem correct.

I don;t think I've done anything - do I have a virus ? I have scanned
the machine but didn't find anything

Hi Alan,

I'll give that a go and see what happens (unfortunately I don't have
the PC here)

Thanks

Anbeyon