Desktop shortcuts are losing their targets

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  Did you check if the problem occurs in the new user account?

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• Virtual machines are losing their connection to the outside networks every night?

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• My desktop shortcuts keep disappearing!

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• Desktop shortcuts has changed - now open with Windows Media Center

  original title: desktop shortcuts changed

  all my desktop shortcuts are now open Windows Media Center Welcome screen

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  Go to the following site.

  Difficulties of file Association for Windows 7
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/file-Asso-fixes-for-Windows-7/

  Read the instructions on this page, then download and apply the LNK file association fix.

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• Windows 7 desktop shortcut target changed to one of the programs that I installed on my computer

  I have a Windows 7 computer, about 2 years.  My goals of desktop shortcut changed recently to one of the programs that I installed on my computer.  I can't go to programs and make a shortcut on my desktop which works.  They all change to 1 program I installed however is the appropriate program for the shortcut.  I can open all programs in Windows Explorer, so I know that the programs are there and they work.  For example, when trying to create a shortcut on my desktop to burn a DVD, the target of the shortcut change in this 1 program it is for a digital camera.  But I can access the DVD software via Explorer.  What can I do to fix this?  Thank you!

  See if download LNK, or ICO, may solve your problem.

  Difficulties of file Association for Windows 7
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/file-Asso-fixes-for-Windows-7/

  That the restoration of the system offers a 'out' for your problem?

  How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista (or 7)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/#appliesTo

  Have you tried to test with another user in which case your profile has faced a problem of corruption?

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• backup drive died with all my photos adobe has all my photos as thumbnails how do I get the thumbnails to adobe? where are they that do not have the habit of losing their thanks

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• OfficeJet Pro 8600 desktop shortcut does not open

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• Have icons on the desktop that are now shortened mode and can not change them or delete them.

  I have icons on my desktop which are now using the shortcut.  I can't remove the stay of icons on the desktop and you can not click on them, and I can't seem to change their return.  How can I fix it?

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  Try a reboot.

  A simple change of name should do the trick, unless of course you use a utility that blocks the efforts.

• All the icons and shortcuts are gone from my computer screen.

  I down loaded a wiget google today and subsequently, I have experienced this problem. All my programs and all shortcuts are availble by Explorer and open the folder deshtop. They work very well, but the computer screen does not display them. When I opened the they seem normal, so it doesn't seem to be a problem with the monitor. When I try to drag or send to, or save, I get a message that says that they cannot be sent to their current location. The computer knows that they are in the file offers / office but don't show them on the screen. I have add / remove programs but no change. I sent a file that was in a different place and it went in the desktop folder but not on the screen. It's like there's a toggle to see the show/don ' t somewhere. There is no corruption in the programs or files. Thank you for any advise you can give.

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• My desktop icon to change their appearance?

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  Best regards, GeistDriver1313

  Hello

  Did you change on your computer before the show?

  Follow the steps mentioned below:

  Method 1:

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

  Method 2: Scan run SFC

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

  To exclude the presence of possible virus or Trojan on your computer, run the scan mentioned below

  Microsoft safety scanner

   http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: the Microsoft Safety Scanner expires 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Method 3:

  Create a user account

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-user-account

  If the problem is resolved after the steps mentioned in the link above, follow the link below to

  Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  If you have more questions or if the problem persists, please write back to us and we will be happy to help you.

• How can I add missing icon to the desktop shortcuts

  Question too much techno for me... I have several desktop shortcut icons... For most of those who appear as the Mozilla Fox, which is fine, but unfortunately, there are too many icons in Firefox, and I wanted to change some REAL WEB SITE icon, or the favicon. How will I know how to do this? Thank you!

  It is not a matter of Firefox making it simple - the Windows operating system controls the desktop icons, so with 3rd party Windows applications automatically use the application for the shortcut icon, but it is possible to change the image of what you want.

  If you want the image of the Web site that the site to use for the URL bar as a shortcut on the desktop icon to a Web site:

  1. Define the shortcut on the desktop.
  2. Find and save the image you want to use for this shortcut.
  3. Then right click on that shortcut, then open properties > shortcut on the shortcut menu for the shortcut on the desktop, then use "change icon...". " and "Browse... ". " your hard drive for the image you want to use for the shortcut on the desktop.

  Insofar as find and save the Favicon of the site, see the screenshot below.

  1. Locate the icon on the Info Page > media tab and click on it once so it is highlighted, then view this picture in the preview window of media down and also check the Dimensions 32 x 32, if the image is not a picture of Type X-ICON.
  2. Then use the button Save under to save this image - name which has saved something unique, as (for example this forum) mozilla - favicon.ico image then you can tell him apart from any other favicon.ico image you may have saved or save.

  If you want to use your own choice of an image, you can convert the image into an image to favicon.ico here.
  
  http://Tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/
  
  When you create a favicon.ico for use as a desktop image, make sure that you select the option merge with a 32 x 32 desktop icon on this page.

  edited to make the process clearer

• In case of failure desktop shortcuts

  original title: fail desktop shortcuts - 'Fix It' can't find or solve this problem

  None of my desktop shortcuts work - 'Fix It' claims of nff and does not solve the problem...

  Hello

  1. Who solve this are you referring to?
  2. Did you changes to the computer before the problem occurred?

  3. what operating system is installed on the computer?

  I suggest you to try the steps below and check if it helps.

  Method 1: Try to run fix it from the link below:

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

  Method 2: try to rebuild the icon cache and see if that fixes the problem.

  a. open the Start Menu and type cmd in the search box and press on enter.

  b. in the command prompt, type each command line below one at a time then press ENTER after each single line.

  CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local

  DEL /a IconCache.db

  OUTPUT

  c. log off and log on, or restart the computer to recreate the icon cache.

  NOTE: This helps rebuild and recreate a new file IconCache.db.

  Hope this information is useful.

• 3rd party applications stop creating desktop shortcuts

  A horse of Trojan and virus completely disabled my browsers, shortcuts, etc..  I just finished restoring my site and everything works except one!

  When I run 3rd party applications they not create the desktop icon that runs the application.  I get an error msg '1909 - failed to create the desktop icon.

  When I go into the folder and right click and create a shortcut, it does not work.

  In iE8, there is only an execution of the installation that creates a shortcut within the app... it does not work.  It is the only part of my installation I have been unable to restore.

  I work part-time at home for a company and I need these desktop icons for programs.  In fact, the icons of the Office for WORD, EXCEL, etc., have also stop working.

  I hope you can help me.

  Mona Glover

  Hi Mona,.

  1. have you made changes on the computer before this problem?

  2. you receive an error message or error code?

  This problem may occur due to virus corruption of system files or system.

  Try the following and see if it helps.

  Method 1:

  Refer to the steps in the following Microsoft article.

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  Note: FixIt would attempt to recover bad sectors on the hard disk, in the course of this process there are chances of data loss from that particular area.

  Method 2:

   

  I suggest you make a sfc scan and test the question.

  The sfc/scannow command. analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions.]

  Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747

  Keep us informed on the status of the issue.