Could not open the shortcuts

None of my homepage shortcuts work more without being invited by a popup 'open with program _ '.  It is the same with any application in my Start menu.  The computer cannot locate or simply find whatever it is.  Help!

There is probably something wrong with the .lnk file association.  Here is an article with fixes for a variety of types of system, including .lnk files.  Click the .lnk option and follow the instructions. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-windows-vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/.

If this does not work, you know when this problem started?  Try a system restore to a point in time before the problem started (give a bit of slack just to be sure).  Here is the procedure: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-system-restore/.  Don't forget to check the box to show more than 5 days of restore points.  If the first attempt fails, then try an earlier point or two.  NOTE: You will need to re - install any software and updates that you have installed between now and the restore point, but you can use Windows Update for updates.

If this does not work, your profile may be damaged.  To fix this use http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-vista/Fix-a-corrupted-user-profile.  If that is the only available Administrator Profile (you need to be an administrator to fix this), enable the Hidden Administrator Account (HAA) using http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords&p=1&tid=d20f9db4-7b2c-48be-a087-7835dc2a9055&mid=d20f9db4-7b2c-48be-a087-7835dc2a9055.  If you don't remember the password, try nothing because that's probably what you (or seller) did during the installation.  Create accounts administrator at least two just to be on the safe side and give them secure passwords you can remember (they can be the same password if you want). Once that is done, don't forget to disable the HAA to save it in case it is necessary once again and for safety reasons (since people often try to hack into systems using this account).  Do NOT use the HAA as your administrator account because if you lose the only administrator on the system account or it is damaged again, then you're watered.

If it does not, after back with the results of what happened when you tried these steps (or did not) and we'll see if we can come up with other options that you can try.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

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