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11-07-2007
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| Guest | Start menu shortcuts won't work 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 |
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11-08-2007
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| Guest | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work 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. -- 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 news:19CB9ECF-0A28-448D-9409-2D1198B46FE5@xxxxxx Quote: > 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 |
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11-09-2007
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| Guest | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work "Rick Rogers" wrote: Quote: > 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. > > -- > 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 > news:19CB9ECF-0A28-448D-9409-2D1198B46FE5@xxxxxx Quote: > > 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 > |
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11-09-2007
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| Administrator | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work  Quote: Originally Posted by Betty  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 In addition to Rick Rogers statement, you might try going to this link for a possible solution. Click on the "lnk" in the box to download the "inkfix_vista.zip" file. Follow the rest of the Usage instructions at the site. This will fix the lnk (shortcut) association. File association fixes for Windows Vista Shawn |
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11-09-2007
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| Guest | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work thank you Brink for that link it seems to have done the job nicely. and to Rick Rogers I have no idea what keeps causing this unless it has to do with paintshop pro X, X1 and X2 being on the same machine and sharing the same folders for the plugins ect. The last program i put on was Photoshop CS3 and that was over a week before. I willl certainly keep my eyes ope to see if I can find out what causes it but i thank you all for your help and I have bookmarked the link that Brink gave me in case i need it again. Betty "brink" wrote: Quote: > > Betty;506253 Wrote: Quote: > > 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 > Hi Betty, > > In addition to Rick Rogers statement, you might try going to this link > for a possible solution. Click on the "lnk" in the box to download the > "inkfix_vista.zip" file. Follow the rest of the Usage instructions at > the site. This will fix the lnk (shortcut) association. > > 'File association fixes for Windows Vista' > (http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/) > > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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11-09-2007
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| Administrator | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work Quote: Originally Posted by Betty thank you Brink for that link it seems to have done the job nicely. and to Rick Rogers I have no idea what keeps causing this unless it has to do with paintshop pro X, X1 and X2 being on the same machine and sharing the same folders for the plugins ect. The last program i put on was Photoshop CS3 and that was over a week before. I willl certainly keep my eyes ope to see if I can find out what causes it but i thank you all for your help and I have bookmarked the link that Brink gave me in case i need it again. Betty ------------------------------ "brink" wrote: Hi Betty, > > In addition to Rick Rogers statement, you might try going to this link > for a possible solution. Click on the "lnk" in the box to download the > "inkfix_vista.zip" file. Follow the rest of the Usage instructions at > the site. This will fix the lnk (shortcut) association. > > 'File association fixes for Windows Vista' > (http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/) > > Shawn Glad to hear it fixed your problem. This is sometimes caused when using a program made for XP instead of Vista when changing the shortcut arrow overlay. Hope that may help in finding the cause. Shawn |
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11-09-2007
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| Guest | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work Thank you shawn that tells me exactly what caused the problem as i did in fact get rid of the shortcut arrow just before it happened. Betty "brink" wrote: Quote: > > Betty;508538 Wrote: Quote: > > thank you Brink for that link it seems to have done the job nicely. > > and to Rick Rogers I have no idea what keeps causing this unless it has > > to > > do with paintshop pro X, X1 and X2 being on the same machine and > > sharing the > > same folders for the plugins ect. The last program i put on was > > Photoshop CS3 > > and that was over a week before. I willl certainly keep my eyes ope to > > see if > > I can find out what causes it but i thank you all for your help and I > > have > > bookmarked the link that Brink gave me in case i need it again. > > Betty > > ------------------------------ > > "brink" wrote: > > Hi Betty, Quote: > > > > > > In addition to Rick Rogers statement, you might try going to this Quote: > > > for a possible solution. Click on the "lnk" in the box to download Quote: > > > "inkfix_vista.zip" file. Follow the rest of the Usage instructions at > > > the site. This will fix the lnk (shortcut) association. > > > > > > 'File association fixes for Windows Vista' > > > ('http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/' Quote: > > > > > > Shawn > Your welcome Betty. > > Glad to hear it fixed your problem. This is sometimes caused when > using a program made for XP instead of Vista when changing the shortcut > arrow overlay. Hope that may help in finding the cause. > > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > WWW.VISTAX64.COM (\"HTTP://WWW.VISTAX64.COM\") > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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11-09-2007
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| Administrator | Re: Start menu shortcuts won't work Quote: Originally Posted by Betty Thank you shawn that tells me exactly what caused the problem as i did in fact get rid of the shortcut arrow just before it happened. Betty ------------ "brink" wrote: Your welcome Betty. > > Glad to hear it fixed your problem. This is sometimes caused when > using a program made for XP instead of Vista when changing the shortcut > arrow overlay. Hope that may help in finding the cause. > > Shawn Glad it solved the mystery. You might take a look at this tutorial for how to remove or change the shortcut arrow safely in Vista. Shortcut Arrow Shawn |
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