Desktop Shortcut Icons not working

[tallguynm]

My desktop shortcut icons on XP for connecting to
Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are not working.
They were until last nite when I ran an Ad-Aware scan.
Items were quarantined then deleted....perhaps I deleted
the active shortcuts too. Can someone tell me how to
activate the icons so they will work again?
Thanks!!!

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

For shortcuts, download and apply the LNK file association fix from:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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My desktop shortcut icons on XP for connecting to
Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are not working.
They were until last nite when I ran an Ad-Aware scan.
Items were quarantined then deleted....perhaps I deleted
the active shortcuts too. Can someone tell me how to
activate the icons so they will work again?
Thanks!!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot for your help. I will contact the site and
try the download.

Take care!

-----Original Message-----
For shortcuts, download and apply the LNK file association fix from:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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[Guest]

I did download the LNK file to Programs. Hate to sound so
ignorant, but is there something else I must do? The
shortcut icons are still dead...not working. More help or
info would be appreciated.

Thanks again!

Jim Rocha
Santa Fe, NM
(e-mail address removed)

-----Original Message-----
For shortcuts, download and apply the LNK file association fix from:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You need to double click the ZIP file you downloaded and extract the REG file inside. Then double click the REG file to import the changes into your Registry.

 

[Guest]

Thanks....did that. And says the file was successfully
added to registry. But the shortcut icons are still dead.
Cannot pull up Internet Explorer or Outlook Express when
I click icons. What next?

Thanks so much for ur help!

-----Original Message-----
You need to double click the ZIP file you downloaded and

extract the REG file inside. Then double click the REG
file to import the changes into your Registry.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Does it happen to all the shortcuts or the only two? If for all, type "regsvr32 /i shell32" in the run box and press Enter.


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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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Prevent Spyware from being installed:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware Defence.htm
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Thanks....did that. And says the file was successfully
added to registry. But the shortcut icons are still dead.
Cannot pull up Internet Explorer or Outlook Express when
I click icons. What next?

Thanks so much for ur help!

-----Original Message-----
You need to double click the ZIP file you downloaded and

extract the REG file inside. Then double click the REG
file to import the changes into your Registry.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Unless you deleted the quarantined items that AdAware found, you can restore them.

Are you referring to standard desktop shortcuts, or the two particular ones on the new Start Menu?

 

[Jim Rocha]

Yep. I did delete the quarantined items from Ad-Aware.
The icon are the Outlook Express and Internet Explorer
icons I use to connect to the net from the desktop. These
are not working. I can get online by using Start and
Connect To.

Thanks again for replying.

-----Original Message-----
Unless you deleted the quarantined items that AdAware found, you can restore them.

Are you referring to standard desktop shortcuts, or the

two particular ones on the new Start Menu?

 

[Guest]

Only happens with those two.

Thanks for all your help.

-----Original Message-----
Does it happen to all the shortcuts or the only two? If

for all, type "regsvr32 /i shell32" in the run box and
press Enter.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Did you try just creating new shortcuts pointing to

Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE

and

Program Files\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Recreate the shortcuts [see MVP Doug Knox's post]. Can you run iexplore.exe and msimn.exe in the RUN box and launch the applications?

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
-------------------------------------------------
Prevent Spyware from being installed:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware Defence.htm
-------------------------------------------------


Only happens with those two.

Thanks for all your help.

-----Original Message-----
Does it happen to all the shortcuts or the only two? If

for all, type "regsvr32 /i shell32" in the run box and
press Enter.

 

[Guest]

I will certainly give it a try. Thanks again for all your
time and help. I appreciate it!

-----Original Message-----
Did you try just creating new shortcuts pointing to

Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE

and

Program Files\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE


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