Dead Icons

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Peter

All internet related desktop icons have stopped working. ie: nothing happens
when they are clicked. When I look at their properties, the URL's seem
fine.

Peter
 
Open Explorer > Click Tools [ From menu ] > Folder Options > File Types tab
Scroll down to URL > Highlight it > Click Advanced button > Highlight Open >
Click Edit >
In the Application used to perform..... > Type
rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
CLick OK

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| All internet related desktop icons have stopped working. ie: nothing
happens
| when they are clicked. When I look at their properties, the URL's seem
| fine.
|
| Peter
|
|
 
Peter said:
All internet related desktop icons have stopped working. ie: nothing happens
when they are clicked. When I look at their properties, the URL's seem
fine.

Peter
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Google Groups search result:

Windows® XP File Association Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files)

Additionally, you may want to use the URL File Association Fix, as well.

Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
 
Thanks Joe.

I have run Adaware, Spybot, Defender and the Malicious Software Removal
Tool.
I have also run the HTM/HTML File Association Fix and the URL File
Association Fix.

Nothing helped. System Restore does not have a suitably dated restore point.

Peter

Peter said:
All internet related desktop icons have stopped working. ie: nothing
happens when they are clicked. When I look at their properties, the URL's
seem fine.

Peter
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Google Groups search result:

Windows® XP File Association Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files)

Additionally, you may want to use the URL File Association Fix, as well.

Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
 
Peter said:
Thanks Joe.

I have run Adaware, Spybot, Defender and the Malicious Software Removal
Tool.
I have also run the HTM/HTML File Association Fix and the URL File
Association Fix.

Nothing helped. System Restore does not have a suitably dated restore point.

Peter
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Does IE open when you click a link? If "yes", this could be your problem:

http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
 
Joe, when I click a link on the desktop, or in Outlook, nothing at all
happens. I don't have any problem with the internet however. Also, I can
copy links (from their "Properties") and paste them in IE and they work
fine.

Peter
 
Peter said:
Joe, when I click a link on the desktop, or in Outlook, nothing at all
happens. I don't have any problem with the internet however. Also, I can
copy links (from their "Properties") and paste them in IE and they work
fine.

Peter
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I remember that conversation now.. I think we're running in circles on
this one.

But, to humor me, please tell me what the URL association looks like.
Open Tools, Folder Options, File Types, click URL (about eleven pages up
from the bottom), Advanced, Open, Edit. What does it read? Mine reads:

Application used to perform action:
rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l

Use DDE

Application:
shdocvw

Topic:
System

(It opens with: Shell Doc Object and Control Library by the way..)
 
Hello again Joe.
See below in quotes for my readings.
Peter

Joe Wright said:
I remember that conversation now.. I think we're running in circles on
this one.

But, to humor me, please tell me what the URL association looks like. Open
Tools, Folder Options, File Types, click URL (about eleven pages up from
the bottom), Advanced, Open, Edit. What does it read? Mine reads:

Application used to perform action:
rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
"mine is rundll32.exe ieframe.dll,OpenURL %l"
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Use DDE "mine is the same"

Application:
shdocvw
"mine says ieframe"
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Well, unfortunately that didn't work either. It just occured to me that I
have been using IE7 lately. Could that be a problem? It doesn't cause any
problems on my desktop.

Peter
 
Peter said:
Well, unfortunately that didn't work either. It just occured to me that I
have been using IE7 lately. Could that be a problem? It doesn't cause any
problems on my desktop.

Peter
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Install another browser, such as Firefox. If that fixes it, then yes,
that was the problem. If that doesn't fix it, it's still suspect since
IE is so closely tied to the GUI.
 
Success!
Once I remembered I had been using IE7, I did the following and the problem
was gone - I just turned off Windows Defender and my antivirus and then
reinstalled IE7 over itself.

Thanks for all the help.
Peter
 
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