lnk extensions

[Guest]

Resently my win200 pro went crazy. I lost all my normal icons and now they
have lnk extensions and all the programs in the start up menu have the same
extensions. I have no idea what I did but obviously I did something. I can
run all the programs but its a long drawn out process to do so. I really dont
want to have to reload everything if I can help it. I sure would like to hear
from someone that has had, and solved this problem. Help Help Help and thanks
in advance.

crazylarry

 

[Dave Patrick]

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[Ben Myers]

Resently my win200 pro went crazy. I lost all my normal icons and now they
have lnk extensions and all the programs in the start up menu have the same
extensions. I have no idea what I did but obviously I did something. I can
run all the programs but its a long drawn out process to do so. I really dont
want to have to reload everything if I can help it. I sure would like to hear
from someone that has had, and solved this problem. Help Help Help and thanks
in advance.

Copy and paste the following text to Notepad and save it to a floppy as
"a:\lnk.reg". Start the Windows 2000 computer, insert the floppy, find the
"lnk.reg" file in Windows Explorer or My Computer, double-click it and
confirm the modification. You may have to restart the computer for the
change to take effect.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{500202A0-731E-11d0-B829-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000001
"IsShortcut"=""
"NeverShowExt"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\CLSID]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline Files]
@="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[end]

Ben