everything on my desk Watch windows media icon

Some how soundcards library icon has replaced everything on my desk. Whenever I try to open anything it opens a center of themedia. Everything was good, the last time I used the computer. It reopened with this mess

Hello

I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing. I'll certainly try and help you in the matter of fixing.

To help you to propose measures to solve the problem, I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions:

1. Since when are you facing the issue?

2. you have any security program installed on the computer?

3 are you aware of any changes made to the computer before the show?

First of all I suggest you run a full scan using the Microsoft Safety Scanner and check for infections.

Note: there is a risk of data loss if all the files are infected and which can be removed in the cleaning process.

Run the fixit from the link next and if this helps you resolve this problem.

When you run an .exe on a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7 computer file, the file may start another program

Also have a look at the following Windows help articles:

Change the programs that Windows uses by default

Change the program that opens a type of file

If the previous step fails, then check the status of the question in a new user account.

Create a user account

Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

Hope this information was helpful and let us know if you need more assistance. We will be happy to help you.

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