http://tinyurl.com/su85t First hit "JSI Tip 3540..."

John

aplus wrote:

> I have a customer's machine I was working on and deleted some key values in
> the registry that control linking called .lnk values. all the programs on
> the start menu, short cuts on the desktop, and start>programs list all have
> plane icons with no association to the exe files that launch the programs. I
> am afraid to import a generic registry in fear of loosing his e-mails and
> other e-mail related settings. I have already backed up the e-mail on to
> cd's, and could import them later if I had too. I would rather repair the
> registry values. Help is appreciated. e-mail me at
> (E-Mail Removed). Thanks

John,

can you post the full URL (i.s.o. the tiny) my firewall is blocking the
tiny-url... and I like to see your tip

thanks,
Edwin.



"John John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> http://tinyurl.com/su85t First hit "JSI Tip 3540..."
>
> John
>
> aplus wrote:
>
> > I have a customer's machine I was working on and deleted some key values
in
> > the registry that control linking called .lnk values. all the programs
on
> > the start menu, short cuts on the desktop, and start>programs list all
have
> > plane icons with no association to the exe files that launch the
programs. I
> > am afraid to import a generic registry in fear of loosing his e-mails
and
> > other e-mail related settings. I have already backed up the e-mail on
to
> > cd's, and could import them later if I had too. I would rather repair
the
> > registry values. Help is appreciated. e-mail me at
> > (E-Mail Removed). Thanks
>

No problem, it's a Yahoo search on:

windows 2000 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=...fp-t-501&x=wrt

The first link leads to Jerold Schulman's web site:

3540 » Has your Windows 2000 Start menu, Desktop, and Explorer shortcuts
stopped working?
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=3540

John

Edwin vMierlo wrote:

> John,
>
> can you post the full URL (i.s.o. the tiny) my firewall is blocking the
> tiny-url... and I like to see your tip
>
> thanks,
> Edwin.
>
>
>
> "John John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>http://tinyurl.com/su85t First hit "JSI Tip 3540..."
>>
>>John
>>
>>aplus wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a customer's machine I was working on and deleted some key values
>
> in
>
>>>the registry that control linking called .lnk values. all the programs
>
> on
>
>>>the start menu, short cuts on the desktop, and start>programs list all
>
> have
>
>>>plane icons with no association to the exe files that launch the
>
> programs. I
>
>>>am afraid to import a generic registry in fear of loosing his e-mails
>
> and
>
>>>other e-mail related settings. I have already backed up the e-mail on
>
> to
>
>>>cd's, and could import them later if I had too. I would rather repair
>
> the
>
>>>registry values. Help is appreciated. e-mail me at
>>>(E-Mail Removed). Thanks
>>
>
>

Ta !

;-)



"John John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> No problem, it's a Yahoo search on:
>
> windows 2000 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
>
>
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=...fp-t-501&x=wrt
>
> The first link leads to Jerold Schulman's web site:
>
> 3540 » Has your Windows 2000 Start menu, Desktop, and Explorer shortcuts
> stopped working?
> http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=3540
>
> John
>
> Edwin vMierlo wrote:
>
> > John,
> >
> > can you post the full URL (i.s.o. the tiny) my firewall is blocking the
> > tiny-url... and I like to see your tip
> >
> > thanks,
> > Edwin.
> >
> >
> >
> > "John John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>http://tinyurl.com/su85t First hit "JSI Tip 3540..."
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>aplus wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have a customer's machine I was working on and deleted some key
values
> >
> > in
> >
> >>>the registry that control linking called .lnk values. all the programs
> >
> > on
> >
> >>>the start menu, short cuts on the desktop, and start>programs list all
> >
> > have
> >
> >>>plane icons with no association to the exe files that launch the
> >
> > programs. I
> >
> >>>am afraid to import a generic registry in fear of loosing his e-mails
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>other e-mail related settings. I have already backed up the e-mail on
> >
> > to
> >
> >>>cd's, and could import them later if I had too. I would rather repair
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>registry values. Help is appreciated. e-mail me at
> >>>(E-Mail Removed). Thanks
> >>
> >
> >
>