Everything refers to ".Ink"

[Charlie]

I am running a Toshiba loptop with XP Home. Upon boot up
I get a dialog box that says "Windows cannot open this
file: Microsoft Office.Ink. All program icons display
the dogeared white page symbol with program name followed
by the ".Ink" extension. I cannot open any programs.
The "My Computer" and "Network" icons are there but
says "folder". The only items that displays correctly
are the "My Documents" and "Recycle Bin" icons. I don't
know what happened. I cannot boot the the XP CD. I can
open it, but thats about it.(Setup.exe won't run). I
tried safe mode with command prompt, but anything I try
says the path cannot be found. How can I recover from
this mess? (since I cant open the program list, I can't
use system restore.)

I desperately need help!!!!!!

TIA

Charlie

 

[Jake]

-----Original Message-----
I am running a Toshiba loptop with XP Home. Upon boot up
I get a dialog box that says "Windows cannot open this
file: Microsoft Office.Ink. All program icons display
the dogeared white page symbol with program name followed
by the ".Ink" extension. I cannot open any programs.
The "My Computer" and "Network" icons are there but
says "folder". The only items that displays correctly
are the "My Documents" and "Recycle Bin" icons. I don't
know what happened. I cannot boot the the XP CD. I can
open it, but thats about it.(Setup.exe won't run). I
tried safe mode with command prompt, but anything I try
says the path cannot be found. How can I recover from
this mess? (since I cant open the program list, I can't
use system restore.)

I desperately need help!!!!!!

TIA

Charlie
.
Hold down Ctrl key and click Esc key (Ctrl + Esc) that

will give you the Start menu and access to All
Programs/Accesssories/System Tools/Restore.
Hope it will correct your problem. You created it, you
must resolve it!

 

[Charlie]

I can use the start button, but when i click "all
programs" it won't list the programs. Help & Support,
Run, and Search have all dissappeared. Control Panel is
showing, but cannot open anything). The 6 frequently use
programs on the left are listed with no icon and
the ".Ink" extension.

Charlie

 

[Kelly]

Hi Charlie,

See if this helps:

EXE and LNK Fix for Windows XP - Line 12
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

And run the undo on line 127 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

/top10faqs.htm

 

[Charlie]

Thanks Kelly for the links and help. The problem I'm
having is I can't access the internet. I save the fixes
to a flash drive a tried to run them from the laptop.
They won't run, I get the message "Windows cannot open
the file "exefix.reg" I try the "Use the web service to
find..." then a file download box comes up with
file "name:redir.xml From:shell.windows.com", hit open
and get "cannot open this file: redir.xml, probably
because I can't access the internet. Is there another
way to run these files? If I try to run them from a
networked computer, such as the one I'm using to find a
solution, to the laptop, all I see from the network drive
on the laptop is the dogeared white page
symbol "target.ink" If it help the "Help &
Support", "Search", and "Run" have dissappeared from the
Start menu, and the 6 frequently used programs on the
left side have the white page symbol with program name
with the .Ink extension.

Thanks,

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
Hi Charlie,

See if this helps:

EXE and LNK Fix for Windows XP - Line 12
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

And run the undo on line 127 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

I am running a Toshiba loptop with XP Home. Upon boot up
I get a dialog box that says "Windows cannot open this
file: Microsoft Office.Ink. All program icons display
the dogeared white page symbol with program name followed
by the ".Ink" extension. I cannot open any programs.
The "My Computer" and "Network" icons are there but
says "folder". The only items that displays correctly
are the "My Documents" and "Recycle Bin" icons. I don't
know what happened. I cannot boot the the XP CD. I can
open it, but thats about it.(Setup.exe won't run). I
tried safe mode with command prompt, but anything I try
says the path cannot be found. How can I recover from
this mess? (since I cant open the program list, I can't
use system restore.)

I desperately need help!!!!!!

TIA

Charlie

.

 

[Maureen Goldman]

symbol "target.ink" If it help the "Help &

Kelly is the one who can offer the best help. However, you really
should understand that the shortcut extension is .LNK (link), not INK.