All the desktop icons, click, give a message "Application not found".
Some icons when you click on ask "what do you use to open this file." This just started this weekend. My OS is XP. I can access the internet and e-mail.
Hello
I suggest to start the computer in safe mode and check if the same problem occurs:
Try to perform the clean boot and check if it helps:
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353
NOTE: When you are finished troubleshooting, make sure that put you the computer in start mode normal as suggested article above.
It will be useful.
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