All the desktop icons change set to an incompatible program.

The desktop icons all try to open with the same program, so for most fail. Restart doen't fix it. Restore to a previous point failed to 3 different restore times. Open programs from the Start button, but the link to transfer on the table, they come back to the same type of icon. At present, everything is tempting (and failing) to open it in SKYPE!  Web sites and email work OK after some fiddling. Please, any help?

Read this info:

http://www.Winhelponline.com/articles/165/1/restore-the-exe-file-association-in-Windows-Vista-after-incorrectly-associating-it-with-another-application.html

Restore the .exe Windows Vista file association, after badly with another application

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http://www.Winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/file-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

For Windows Vista file association problems

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How to set file Associations:

http://articles.TechRepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6172036.html

How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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