Desktop Shortcut "Find Target" Problem

[Guest]

Out of the blue this problem arose...

I Right Click on a Shortcut and choose Properties. I then Click on the Find
Target Button on the lower left...and nothing.

This just started happening in the last two days.

I have scoured the Internet via Google and the Microsoft KB for a solution
but to no avail. I have found a few posts in Forums that detail the same
problem but with no solutions in response.

I have scanned with Norton Anti-Virus, AdAware SE, and AOL's Spyware
Protection.
No Viruses...No harmful Spyware/Malware.

The only major install in the last two days was Roxio's Easy Media Creator
7...but...about a month and a half ago I attempted to install SP2...well...it
made a Dog's Breakfast out of my Computer! After I recovered and
reinstalled/repaired back to SP1...I am still suffering weird problems out of
nowhere like this one.

Specs: Windows XP Pro on a Dell 8250 with a 2.66 GHz Intel Pentium 4. I have
plenty of Drive Space and 1 GB of RAM.

I am not a novice at Computers nor the Internet...and have become very good
at troubleshooting due to the School of Hard Knocks, Crashes, Error Messages,
Etc...but this one is baffling me so far. I suspect that something in the
Windows XP Pro OS has gone south on me.

Anybody have a clue what I can do to repair this problem?

Much thanks if you do...

Rarestar

 

[saturnin02]

Hi, I imagine that the file that your shortcut is pointing to does not exist
anymore.
It must have been deleted from your system (during your SP2
install/uninstall perhaps) or perhaps moved to a different location.
Do a search in windows explorer Start|Search|All files and folders on your
computer (incl. hidden files if applicable) for that exact file name--it
should tell you the new location (if it has been moved) OR, if it does not
find it, then it must have been erased.
S

 

[Guest]

Hey Saturnin02,

Actually...this is happening with every Shortcut on my computer....I
repeat...every last one....and I have many.

The "Find Target" button in all Shortcut Properties will not function the
way it should. I click on them and nothing happens.

Thanks for the response though. I wish it were that simple. If it was I
would have figured it out by now.

Any other ideas?

Anybody else have a clue on this one?

I'm about to pull my SHORTCUT hair out! LOL!
Rarestar

 

[saturnin02]

Didn't realize it was happening with ALL the shortcuts.
Nasty.....
Perhaps spyware, etc....