Hi Betty,
How long after reinstalling did this problem restart? What software was
installed prior to it happening? Something is affecting the .lnk file
associations, and while it probably can be fixed (without reinstalling), you
need to prevent recurrence by identifying the source of the problem.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"Betty" <Betty@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi there I hope someone here can help me. I have already dont 2 total
> reinstalls for this smae problem but it keeps happening. My Menu>programs
> aorks fine but whenever |I try to click to open one of those programs e.g
> word, psp or even defrag , none of them do anything. the only thing that
> happens is i end up back on the bare desktop with nothing to show for the
> clicking. If i choose to go the route of C/: and look for the programm
> itself then everything i look for will open but i have tried getting rid
> of
> the shortcuts and doing a send to desktop on the actual programs and still
> they won't work on the start menu. What in god's name have I dont to my
> computer that it hates me this much. My last total reinstall was only 3
> weeks
> ago. Please someone HELP!!!!! before i go out of my mind
> Betty