Vista Home Premium All shortcuts stopped working

I get a red X and it says "application not working" when I try and use
any of my shortcuts ( Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks


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dotbowels

Hi,

Click start, type regedit and hit <enter> to open the registry editor.
Expand the branches and click on:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\Shell\Open\Comm and

Double click the (default) string value at right and replace the contents
with:

rundll32.exe ieframe.dll,OpenURL %l

(just copy/paste it from here, leave no spaces after the 1)

Click 'ok' and close the editor. Retry the shortcuts.

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"dotbowels" <> wrote in message
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> I get a red X and it says "application not working" when I try and use
> any of my shortcuts ( Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks
>
>
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> dotbowels

Anyone please

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dotbowels

dotbowels;919274 Wrote:
> I get a red X and it says "application not working" when I try and use
> any of my shortcuts ( Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks

Try system restore


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telwat

dotbowels;919274 Wrote:
> I get a red X and it says "application not working" when I try and us
> any of my shortcuts ( Any suggestions appreciated. Thank

Hello Dotbowels

In addition to Telwat's post

You might see if clicking on "lnk" in the table box at this site belo
to download a reg file to restore the default settings for shortcuts ma
help

http://www.winhelponline.com/article...dows-Vista.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Restore didn't do it and changing registry didn't either. I am between
a rock and a hatd place


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dotbowels

> I get a red X and it says "application not working" when I try and use
> any of my shortcuts ( Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks
> dotbowels
> > Try system restore
>
> Telwat
> Hello Dotbowels,
>
> In addition to Telwat's post:
>
> You might see if clicking on "lnk" in the table box at this site below
> to download a reg file to restore the default settings for shortcuts may
> help.
>
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
> Hi,

> Restore didn't do it and changing registry didn't either. I am between
> a rock and a hatd place
> dotbowels

Do your shortcuts look the same as before, they just don't work ?

Is this just the shortcuts on your desktop, or is it the same when you
try a program from it's entry under All Programs in the start menu?

Do the programs all run fine from their .exe files ?

SIW2


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SIW2

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:39:24 -0600, SIW2 <>
wrote:

>Do your shortcuts look the same as before, they just don't work ?
>
>Is this just the shortcuts on your desktop, or is it the same when you
>try a program from it's entry under All Programs in the start menu?
>
>Do the programs all run fine from their .exe files ?
>
>SIW2

I had a similar issue. I was able to recreate the icons manually from
the .exe and other files. If you google a bit you will find others
with this same problem.

+Bob+;920951 Wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:39:24 -0600, SIW2 <>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > >Do your shortcuts look the same as before, they just don't work ?
> > >
> > >Is this just the shortcuts on your desktop, or is it the same when you
> > >try a program from it's entry under All Programs in the start menu?
> > >
> > >Do the programs all run fine from their .exe files ?
> > >
> > >SIW2 > >
>
> I had a similar issue. I was able to recreate the icons manually from
> the .exe and other files. If you google a bit you will find others
> with this same problem.

I wouldn't even know how to do what you suggest


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dotbowels

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:01:41 -0600, dotbowels
<> wrote:

>> I had a similar issue. I was able to recreate the icons manually from
>> the .exe and other files. If you google a bit you will find others
>> with this same problem.
>
>I wouldn't even know how to do what you suggest
>

Go to the directory where the program is located. For example, for
MSOffice, you would look in c:\program files\MSOffice\Office10. Look
for the actual program files Excel.exe, Winowrd.exe, etc. Right click
on each item and choose "Send to desktop (Create Shortcut)". This will
send a new icon to the desktop. See if that works.

If the programs still don't work, try doubling clicking one of those
program files right in the directory where you find it. For example,
double click on Excel.exe. If Excel still does not start, you have a
different issue than the classic Vista broken icon problem.