Hello,
When I click on any of my desktop icons Outlook Express starts. Yikes!!! I
can start programs ok by going to the start, all programs buttons. Also
there are icons saying they are a copy of my other icons. this is WIN XP
SP2. The windows updates are current.

Any help would be appreciated.

TomEJode wrote on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:37:56 -0500:

T> Hello,
T> When I click on any of my desktop icons Outlook Express
T> starts. Yikes!!! I can start programs ok by going to the
T> start, all programs buttons. Also there are icons saying
T> they are a copy of my other icons. this is WIN XP SP2. The
T> windows updates are current.

T> Any help would be appreciated.

I don't know what you've got but why not right click on the
icons and examine their properties to see what's going on? You
should be able to delete and make new shortcuts if you are
desperate.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sep 19, 10:52 pm, "James Silverton" <jim.silver...@verizon.net>
wrote:
> TomEJode wrote on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:37:56 -0500:
>
> T> Hello,
> T> When I click on any of my desktop icons Outlook Express
> T> starts. Yikes!!! I can start programs ok by going to the
> T> start, all programs buttons. Also there are icons saying
> T> they are a copy of my other icons. this is WIN XP SP2. The
> T> windows updates are current.
>
> T> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> I don't know what you've got but why not right click on the
> icons and examine their properties to see what's going on? You
> should be able to delete and make new shortcuts if you are
> desperate.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

If these are all shortcuts to other programs or files, try this:

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

Scroll down to LNK (shortcut) File Association Fix, download and run
the script.

TomEJode wrote:
> Hello,
> When I click on any of my desktop icons Outlook Express starts. Yikes!!! I
> can start programs ok by going to the start, all programs buttons. Also
> there are icons saying they are a copy of my other icons. this is WIN XP
> SP2. The windows updates are current.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Please try this:

Fix File Associations for .lnk files.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

--
Joe =o)