JSI Tip 0812. More on Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts don't run.

Jerold Schulman

November 3, 1998

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In tip 631, we attempted to fix this by repairing the .exe / exefile association records in the registry. If that doesn't correct the problem, try fixing the .lnk / lnkfile association records by importing the following using regedit.exe:

REGEDIT4[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnk]@="lnkfile"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]@="{500202A0-731E-11d0-B829-00C04FD706EC}"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.lnkShellNew]"Command"="RunDLL32 AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %1"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile]@="Shortcut""EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00"NeverShowExt"=""[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileCLSID]@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellex][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexContextMenuHandlers][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexContextMenuHandlersTargetContext]@="{90A756E0-AFCF-11CE-927B-0800095AE340}"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexContextMenuHandlers\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexDropHandler]@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfileshellexIconHandler]@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"


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