All desktop icon gone, and can not run any executable file

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Egg

Dear All,

When I turn on my notebook today, all the desktop icons named xxx.lnk and I
can not run all my program, when I click on the icon, it prompt "Windows can
not open the file". It seems it won't recognize the file type, even I click
on the exe file, it also can not run.. what's happen?? Please help.

Daryl
 
Egg said:
Dear All,

When I turn on my notebook today, all the desktop icons named xxx.lnk and I
can not run all my program, when I click on the icon, it prompt "Windows can
not open the file". It seems it won't recognize the file type, even I click
on the exe file, it also can not run.. what's happen?? Please help.

Daryl
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It's possible that you may have been infected by a virus. When was the last
time you updated your virus definitions and performed a full system scan?
 
Does the problem exist if you click on Start/All Programs/ProgramName?
Example: Start/All Programs/MS Word

JS
 
See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes. LNK and EXE Association Fixes.

If your EXE file associations are corrupted, it can be difficult to open REGEDIT, or to even import REG files. To work around this, press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt window. Enter REGEDIT.EXE and press Enter.
 
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