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Shortcut (LNK) files inoperative

Asked by AzDayton in Windows 95 Operating System

Tags: lnk, files

One of my PC's just got a weird problem. ALL of the shortcuts (*.LNK files) are suddenly inoperative. It doesn't matter where the file is (Desktop, Start Menu, QuickLaunch bar, or just a folder). The files themselves are now showing their .LNK extensions as well.

I'm sure that reinstalling Windows 95 would fix this, but I'm hopeing for a little less drastic fix. I've tried deleting and copying EXPLORER.EXE in the C:\WINDOWS directory, hoping that was all that was corrupt, but unfortunately, that didn't fix it. Neither did upgrading to Internet Explorer 5.0 (hey, it was worth a shot, and I needed to anyway!)

Other than that one little glitch, everything seems to be working fine. All the programs I've tried by navigating in Explorer and double-clicking the executable seem to work fine. Everything that autolaunches via Registry entries still launches (those in the StartUp menu don't, of course, because they're just shortcuts).

I'm guessing it's either a corrupt DLL or other support file, or maybe a bad Registry entry. Either way, I'd sure appreciate some assistance in getting this box back to work!

Thanks in advance.

- AzDayton

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Shortcut (LNK) files inoperative

Asked by AzDayton in Windows 95 Operating System

Tags: lnk, files

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