Help with shortcuts.

[Paul Cote]

after right-clicking the desktop and selecting new\shortcut, the wizard
doesn't appear to let me specify a location, all that happens is a shortcut
is placed on the desktop named shortcut with an invalid windows icon.
Any ideas?
Thanks for any help

 

[Kelly]

Hi Paul,

See if this helps:

Restore the New Context Menu to Default (Line 286)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

/top10faqs.htm

 

[Ramesh]

Hi Paul,

Follow the procedure suggested by Kelly.

You may try this also.

Solution 1.

Click Start | Run | Regedit
Goto this key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew

In the right-pane, check the data for the value "Command".
The correct entry is "rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

NOTE: If the "%1" is missing, the New Shortcut wizard won't appear.

Solution 2.

You can fix this scenario by downloading the .LNK association fix from
Doug's site:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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after right-clicking the desktop and selecting new\shortcut, the wizard
doesn't appear to let me specify a location, all that happens is a shortcut
is placed on the desktop named shortcut with an invalid windows icon.
Any ideas?
Thanks for any help