All shorcuts dont work!

-Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
edited February 2007 in Science & Tech
I know everyone is busy with windows vista right now and all but i rly need assistance its a complete drag and time eater and i know you all seem pretty knowlodgable, as i consider myself to be up till now. but ive run upon an issue i just can seem to clear up :confused: so here it is:

Every single shortcut i have throughout my computer doesnt link to the actual file/program it is supposto. Ive downloaded TweakUI and have tried the "Repair Icons" button on the bottom there but it didnt work. Ive googled looking for simular problems but to no avail. i rly cant think of what it could be! does anyone know of some way to clear this up or defualt .ink file settings or something/anything? :( please help!! ill be keeping my eye on this post. thank you in advance.

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  • JonseyJonsey Microsoft Corporation
    edited February 2007
    I'll need more than six capital letters in this reply from you, but:

    What OS & SKU are you running (XP Pro?)

    When you go into the properties (right click on the .LNK and go to properties) what does the link point to? Use a nice simple shortcut to some semi-standard application so that we can figure out where it should be point to.
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    hi, thanks for replying. i relise now i should have included this in my post idk why i didnt :p im running Windows XP Media Centre Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2

    i created a shortcut on my desktop from the original Windows Media Player File (wmplayer.exe) inside Program Files. Now the properties of that shortcut are as follows: ( yes my windows is on G: )

    "wmplayer.exe.lnk"
    Type of file: LNK File
    Description: windows Media Player
    Target: "G:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
    Start in: "G:\Program Files\Windows Media Player"
    Shortcut Key: None
    Run: Normal Window

    ~also If i click on the "find Target" button it Will find the the original wmplayer.exe file~
    More possible relevent comp info:

    CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Dual Core Processor S939 Toledo 2.4GHz 1MBX2 90NM
    MOBO: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe ATX S939 NFORCE4 SLI X16 DDR 2PCI-E16 SATA RAID Sound LAN 1394
    RAM: OCZ EL Platinum PC3200 2GB 2X1GB DDR400 CL2-3-2-5 184PIN Pin Dual Channel Memory Kit /W Ramsink
    VC: EVGA E-GEFORCE 7800GT CO 470MHZ PCI-E 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDTV VIVO SLI
    HD:Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA 10000RPM 8MB 4.5MS
    HD:Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 7200 16MB ATA-133 EIDE OEM
    PSU: Enermax Noisetaker All In One 600W ATX12V V2.0 EPS BTX Power Supply W/ Active PFC & PCI-E SLI
  • JonseyJonsey Microsoft Corporation
    edited February 2007
    I don't have an XP box up and handy right now... try blowing up the start-in clause.
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    god damn and here i cant find any matches! ;D ..seriously though, idk what u mean by: "try blowing up the start-in clause." ???
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    Mac, have you reinstalled Windows lately, repartitioned your drive, restored an image, or added a new HD? What I'm after here is the possibility that something has shifted your drive letters. That would be the first thing I'd look for if all your shortcuts stopped working.

    Bottom line, have all of the programs always resided on your G: drive?
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    |Mac| wrote: »
    what u mean by: "try blowing up the start-in clause." ???

    He means delete it. My WMP link looks exactly like yours except that it's all on the C: drive, and the "Start In" box is empty.
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    profdlp wrote: »
    Mac, have you reinstalled Windows lately, repartitioned your drive, restored an image, or added a new HD? What I'm after here is the possibility that something has shifted your drive letters. That would be the first thing I'd look for if all your shortcuts stopped working.

    Bottom line, have all of the programs always resided on your G: drive?

    i did make some image drives using some dvd burning software that ive since deleted some vso bull**** programs that worked slightly but took way too much effort.and that did change my drive letters around,(i think i remember it only being my cd/dvd/image drive letters) but also my windows has always been on G, its my faster drive with 10,000 rpm. Could this be my problem?
    He means delete it. My WMP link looks exactly like yours except that it's all on the C: drive, and the "Start In" box is empty.

    are you sure it just doesnt have a Start in box? cuz the shortcut that wmp installs on your desktop when wmp is installed/updated is a bit different then a normal made shortcut ..anyway deleting the Start in: "G:\Program Files\Windows Media Player" doesnt do anything..still ****ed
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    |Mac| wrote: »
    are you sure it just doesnt have a Start in box?
    wmp.jpg 35.7K
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    |Mac| wrote: »
    ...windows has always been on G...
    Have all the programs you're having trouble with also been on the same drive letter all along?
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    ok i was only wondering about that, thanks for the pic. thats what mine now looks like

    &

    what all problems? i havent been having any problems with my drive or with with windows being on G. ive had it like that for over a year now and it makes no differance.

    anyone have any more thoughts or suggestions? :(
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    hey all big update here: i was browsing this posts here and i just happened to run into an awesome artical wrote here and by sheer luck in the middle of it i see this:
    "Re: Repairing Windows XP in 8 Commands - SM GuideThanks again, Thrax, for the great guide. It helped me once and certainly saved me a great deal of time. Now, I'm facing something very strange to say the least. The problem began with Adware Ad-Watch running on my system not connected to the internet and suddenly the program told me that something is trying to alter a protected value in the registry. When it asked me for my action I denied the change, and then same thing occurred over and over in the same session the program kept telling me that different registry values are being altered. I kept cancelling the change and then just punched a reboot button on the computer. The Windows reloaded but much to my bewilderment most icons on the desktop as well as all quick launch icons instead of their usual individual signs had the same kind of system icon and Windows cannot recognize how to open any of the programs that usually load at start up, so I have to do it manually i.e. “open with”. Neither could windows recognize how to open any of the system tools programs in start menu. So finally I opened system restore manually and much to my surprise discovered that “no restore points are available”! I have System Mechanic 6 installed which didn’t help either when I tried to restore the registry. So I finally decided to attempt Thrax’s 8 step recovery and though certain that I enter things correctly (since I’ve done it once before), in the first step of ATTRIB –H C:BOOT.INI it tells me that C:BOOT.INI is not found!

    So I’m at a loss. If anybody could help figure out what to do, I’d greatly appreciate it. I haven’t lost any data, but sure you know it’s a hustle to have to completely reinstall the system.

    Thanks"

    now i completely second that whole last comment if anyone can help me it would be most kind. i didnt think that my ad-aware had something to do about this problem but that is exactly what happened to me! its not a virus/malware etc. i PMed him -vadlectro- about this but i couldnt email him and idk if he even still visits here, trying to seeing if hes found a solution and ill post it here in case anyone runs accross this or has googled their way here
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    :rockon: SUCCESS!!! My thanks go to everyone who put input forward, even though the solution wasnt found here. It's from chance that i stumbled on that guy's off-topic reply in another post here that ive found more info on my problem (ad-aware is too old and a F*ck up or its a very specific malware to F*ck up ad-aware) and ive found a solution...

    Here:
    http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=678&st=0
    Ad Astra (Solution not just his, i say more to the volunteers on the fourms there... just the most copiable quote)

    Hi

    It looks like Ad-watch has remembered a certain registry setting and is returning to these settings after you have corrected them. Two steps we have to do:

    1) Correct the registry values
    2) Learn ad-watch to accept these new settings.

    To download the correct defualt Registry Values:
    http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

    Reccomended these 3:
    LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior)
    EXE File Association Fix (Restore default association for EXE files)
    REG File Association Fix (Restore default associations for REG files)

    What worked for me:
    Downloading the 3 above.
    Unzipping.
    Selecting "Open With..."
    Then "Registry Editer Utility"
    Clicking "Yes"
    Restarting comp and vuahlah!!!!!

    now as for the:
    http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l271/stonecoldjaw2000/SP_A0443.gif
    As anyone with this issue will know well, the suggested method did not work for me and i will be trying "Repairing Windows XP in 8 Commands" - by Thrax on this forum. or maybe just installing Vista :rolleyes: Always something!!
  • JonseyJonsey Microsoft Corporation
    edited February 2007
    I've always had good results with repair installs from media. I think I'm the only one to have it normally work well though...

    Sorry for the lack of clarity on an earlier reply, I wanted to try to diagnose something, but my workdays have sucked for a while recently. :)
  • -Mac--Mac- Vancouver, Canada
    edited February 2007
    np its all good. im glad i fixed it before i upgraded to windows VU though. now i can say ive fixed every quirk, bug, issue and problem to arise from windows thus far.. windows vista should be a snap :p
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