Why the lnk extension for Windows Media Player does not appear as the extension to other programs?

The .lnk extension appears suddenly after the extensions of a large number of my programs, including Microsoft Office programs. When I try to open these programs that the Media Player window opens and I get a message sayting that Media Player cannot play this media. Media Player works when I try to play a movie or other clients of Media Player but why and how the .lnk extension attach to these other programs? This ghost? Present pirate? What gives.

The .lnk extension appears suddenly after the extensions of a large number of my programs, including Microsoft Office programs. When I try to open these programs that the Media Player window opens and I get a message sayting that Media Player cannot play this media. Media Player works when I try to play a movie or other clients of Media Player but why and how the .lnk extension attach to these other programs? This ghost? Present pirate? What gives.

Hello

A .lnk file is a standard shortcut in Windows. The shortcuts are very often placed on the desktop, or in a control panel application such as Windows Start menu Launcher.

Looks like that file Associations may be corrupted on your system.

Let us know what version of Windows you are using and we can help solve the problem.

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