On the desktop and in the C: drive all files with the .exe extension now have
..lnk as their extension and can not be run (of course). No viruses have been
found by placing the HD in another PC and testing.

TIA for any and all help with this!!!

Les wrote:
> On the desktop and in the C: drive all files with the .exe extension now have
> .lnk as their extension and can not be run (of course). No viruses have been
> found by placing the HD in another PC and testing.
>
> TIA for any and all help with this!!!

Most shortcuts have the .lnk extension, especially for .exe and some
other extensions.

Try the .LNK and .exe fixes here:

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

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Joe =o)