harmonp

I have exactly the same problem. None of my attempts to fix it have worked.
I would like to know a solution, too. It appears to be a bug in Vista.

"iblob" wrote:

> Some of the shortcuts I have for programs do not work. It seems to only be
> for certain program shortcuts in the start menu pinned area and the recently
> used list, along with the quick launch.. whereas if i have a shortcut on the
> desktop it works. Also if I go to the all programs menu in the start menu
> then i can open it that way.
>
> I have tried deleting the shortcuts and recreating them, that has not worked.
>
> I have tried creating a new profile, still does not work.
>
> I have tried going in to safe mode.. still nothing.
>
> And its only for certain programs.
>
> I have had this happen on three seperate computers with different versions
> of Vista. One was a laptop, two a desktop. Nothing seems to be the same
> between them. The weird thing is that I can not find any posts on the net
> about this issue. So I finally decided to post my own question about it. So
> anyone got any ideas for me?