desktop & programs corrupted by .lnk

[Larry Shute]

Most of my desktop icons, and most programs are corrupted
by the .lnk suffix. How can I reverse this? I am not
skilled in registry matters and would need to be pointed
to some fairly simple advice. Many thanks for any help.
Larry Shute

 

[Mark V]

Larry Shute wrote in

Most of my desktop icons, and most programs are corrupted
by the .lnk suffix. How can I reverse this? I am not
skilled in registry matters and would need to be pointed
to some fairly simple advice. Many thanks for any help.
Larry Shute

I suspect a description of what you do and what you see will help
others as the above is not very clear (to me anyway). And the OS and
SP level and any "tweaking" tools you may have used too.

 

[Mark V]

Larry Shute wrote in

Most of my desktop icons, and most programs are corrupted
by the .lnk suffix. How can I reverse this? I am not
skilled in registry matters and would need to be pointed
to some fairly simple advice. Many thanks for any help.
Larry Shute

I suspect a description of what you do and what you see will help
others as the above is not very clear (to me anyway). And the OS and
SP level and any "tweaking" tools you may have used too.

 

[Larry Shute]

-----Original Message-----
Larry Shute wrote in news:01a601c34979$128b85f0 [email protected]:

"Mark V" replied:

I suspect a description of what you do and what you see will help
others as the above is not very clear (to me anyway). And the OS and
SP level and any "tweaking" tools you may have used too.

Sorry for the vagueness. I'm using W2k professional, sp 3.
I was having video driver trouble after downloading the MS
update for GEforce3. My ms officebar icons wouldn't work,
and when I tried to fix one -- WPerfect -- almost all of
my desktop icons became corrupted with the .lnk suffix.
So now every icon I click on gives me WPerfect. I can
find most of the original programs by the search program
however. I've "tweaked" with regclean, Tweak UI, and
Norton Systemworks; also trying System Mechanic but no
luck. Thanks for the reply -- hope this helps a bit.
Larry S.

 

[Larry Shute]

-----Original Message-----
Larry Shute wrote in news:01a601c34979$128b85f0 [email protected]:

"Mark V" replied:

I suspect a description of what you do and what you see will help
others as the above is not very clear (to me anyway). And the OS and
SP level and any "tweaking" tools you may have used too.

Sorry for the vagueness. I'm using W2k professional, sp 3.
I was having video driver trouble after downloading the MS
update for GEforce3. My ms officebar icons wouldn't work,
and when I tried to fix one -- WPerfect -- almost all of
my desktop icons became corrupted with the .lnk suffix.
So now every icon I click on gives me WPerfect. I can
find most of the original programs by the search program
however. I've "tweaked" with regclean, Tweak UI, and
Norton Systemworks; also trying System Mechanic but no
luck. Thanks for the reply -- hope this helps a bit.
Larry S.

 

[Mark V]

/Larry Shute wrote in

"Mark V" replied:
Sorry for the vagueness. I'm using W2k professional, sp 3.
I was having video driver trouble after downloading the MS
update for GEforce3. My ms officebar icons wouldn't work,
and when I tried to fix one -- WPerfect -- almost all of
my desktop icons became corrupted with the .lnk suffix.
So now every icon I click on gives me WPerfect. I can
find most of the original programs by the search program
however. I've "tweaked" with regclean, Tweak UI, and
Norton Systemworks; also trying System Mechanic but no
luck. Thanks for the reply -- hope this helps a bit.
Larry S.

I have no "magic" fix. I suggest you start by deleting: shelliconcache
(hidden) in the %systemroot% location and reboot the system.

I have Office (2K) but don't use the OfficeBar. Also check in
Desktop, Properties, Effects for "Show icons using all possible
colors". Check to ensure your new video drivers are not configured for
a small color depth (like 256 colors). "tweaking" programs often alter
the "shortcut overlay" (the little Shortcut Arrow indication), but I
have never used any of them...

I assume that shortcuts still open the correct program but are just the
wrong icon? If not then there is a larger problem and you should
expand on what happens with various shortcuts when executed. BTW do
you have a recent registry backup from before the trouble?

 

[Mark V]

/Larry Shute wrote in

"Mark V" replied:
Sorry for the vagueness. I'm using W2k professional, sp 3.
I was having video driver trouble after downloading the MS
update for GEforce3. My ms officebar icons wouldn't work,
and when I tried to fix one -- WPerfect -- almost all of
my desktop icons became corrupted with the .lnk suffix.
So now every icon I click on gives me WPerfect. I can
find most of the original programs by the search program
however. I've "tweaked" with regclean, Tweak UI, and
Norton Systemworks; also trying System Mechanic but no
luck. Thanks for the reply -- hope this helps a bit.
Larry S.

I have no "magic" fix. I suggest you start by deleting: shelliconcache
(hidden) in the %systemroot% location and reboot the system.

I have Office (2K) but don't use the OfficeBar. Also check in
Desktop, Properties, Effects for "Show icons using all possible
colors". Check to ensure your new video drivers are not configured for
a small color depth (like 256 colors). "tweaking" programs often alter
the "shortcut overlay" (the little Shortcut Arrow indication), but I
have never used any of them...

I assume that shortcuts still open the correct program but are just the
wrong icon? If not then there is a larger problem and you should
expand on what happens with various shortcuts when executed. BTW do
you have a recent registry backup from before the trouble?