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all icons changed to .lnk windows 7

all icons changed to .lnk on a windows 7 workstation
How do I fix this?

In regedit, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\lnkfile
in the tree on the left, right-click on 'lnkfile' and choose New->String Value
name it NeverShowExt
close regedit.
If change doesn't take effect immediately, reboot.

If that String Value already exists, then report that back here instead. :-)

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amarpal0102

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Hubman

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That key already exist

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Hubman

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Dont see [ext]

Darr247

I think what andytagonist meant by that is '[ext]' is the one that accidentally had 'Always use this program' checked when Open With was used, and that it would likely be the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.lnk key (which should exist right above
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.log).

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