bad shortcuts!

[jim sturtz]

i have a couple of shortcuts to folders which have become bad. i suspect
they are trying to be shortcuts to folders on my office machine, but the
shortcuts are on my home computer. i think the ip address of the office has
changed and now the shortcuts dont function.

anyway, however they became inoperative, they are so screwed that i cannot
even get rid of them. if i try to right-click to then pick from the
right-click menu the delete, explorer just puts up an hour-glass and locks
or the screen does a quick 'flash' and focus comes off the icon.

is it possible to find the entries in the registry perhaps and kill them
there so they will go away?

thanks.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

i have a couple of shortcuts to folders which have become bad. i suspect
they are trying to be shortcuts to folders on my office machine, but the
shortcuts are on my home computer. i think the ip address of the office has
changed and now the shortcuts dont function.

anyway, however they became inoperative, they are so screwed that i cannot
even get rid of them. if i try to right-click to then pick from the
right-click menu the delete, explorer just puts up an hour-glass and locks
or the screen does a quick 'flash' and focus comes off the icon.

is it possible to find the entries in the registry perhaps and kill them
there so they will go away?

Hi

Shortcuts aren't defined in the registry, they are files defined in the file
system. Open a command prompt (Start/Run and then type cmd.exe) and delete them
from there instead. Here is an example on how to delete a shortcut on my desktop
with the name "Shortcut to some folder":


cd /d %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
del "Shortcut to some folder.lnk"

 

[Rich Barry]

Jim, you could try System Mechanic. www.iolo.com 30 day free trial.
Has a bad shortcut removal feature.