I opened a file named “Burnout(TM) Paradise The Ultimate Box” and it changed all my start menu items and other icons on the desktop into LNK files. How can I resolve this?
shesh
June 27, 2012 at 5:13 pm
AWESOME
shesh
June 27, 2012 at 5:13 pm
You are truly Amazing
prince
June 26, 2012 at 8:59 am
huge thnks to u sir.......thank uu very much.....my pc is now working very well......again thank u very much......
Jay
December 4, 2011 at 3:47 pm
to keep your customized file associations, restore to an early system point using system restore.
Sean
May 20, 2012 at 2:45 am
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I was about to toss my cpu out my window.
Sean
May 20, 2012 at 2:47 am
Thank you so much. I was about to toss my cpu out the window.
FIDELIS
November 20, 2011 at 8:48 am
Hello, first of all I would give your computer a full scan with your antivirus/antimalware. You could download the portable version of superantispyware:
Once downloaded run, run the SAS_***.com file by clicking on it. Run a full scan and get rid of any entries found. After doing this, give your computer a full scan with your antivirus. If everything checks clean you can download the .exe fixer file. If you are running windows 7, download the .exe fixer file from the following location:
you have file association corruption, which windows you have?
1. Open the Registry Editor (click Windows + R, type regedit, hit enter).
2. Navigate to this registry branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.lnk
3. Find the subkey called User Choice and delete it.
4. Close Registry Editor.
5. Reboot.
thanking you sir ............
my pc working properly
Anonymous
December 30, 2011 at 7:49 am
Glad that worked for you, i know how much can be annoying if we cant click on the icons or another program launches. Thanks for your reply.
Guest
January 24, 2012 at 9:23 am
Just got Laptops from the school and this happened to me :S
even though we pay they didnt give me administrative rights now i have to go see the mean teachers that will prob blame me for stuffing around on it :S sucks so much :(
ashwin
May 19, 2012 at 12:15 am
thanks sir it worked out fine and i am not having the problem anymore!!!
sincerely thanks!!
Joy Ghosh
June 19, 2012 at 5:06 am
Excellent solution. It worked. Thank you.
Gail
June 19, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Can you tell me how to preform this action for windowsxp. It didn't work for me.
The only thing that works on my computer is explorer.
Everything is changed to an .lnk
Susendeep Dutta
June 21, 2012 at 11:33 am
Do a virus scan on your computer.Did you tried the software solution suggested above? If it doesn't helped you then try using system restore.
AWESOME
You are truly Amazing
huge thnks to u sir.......thank uu very much.....my pc is now working very well......again thank u very much......
to keep your customized file associations, restore to an early system point using system restore.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I was about to toss my cpu out my window.
Thank you so much. I was about to toss my cpu out the window.
Hello, first of all I would give your computer a full scan with your antivirus/antimalware. You could download the portable version of superantispyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html?tag=SAS_HOMEPAGE
Once downloaded run, run the SAS_***.com file by clicking on it. Run a full scan and get rid of any entries found. After doing this, give your computer a full scan with your antivirus. If everything checks clean you can download the .exe fixer file. If you are running windows 7, download the .exe fixer file from the following location:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html
By, the way, this questions shows a lot on this place, check the following link:
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/files-lnk-files-windows-desktop-shortcuts-changed/
you have file association corruption, which windows you have?
1. Open the Registry Editor (click Windows + R, type regedit, hit enter).
2. Navigate to this registry branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.lnk
3. Find the subkey called User Choice and delete it.
4. Close Registry Editor.
5. Reboot.
or download this
http://www.winhelponline.com/fileasso/lnkfix_vista.zip.
more can be found here
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/file-asso-fixes-for-windows-7/
thanking you sir ............
my pc working properly
Glad that worked for you, i know how much can be annoying if we cant click on the icons or another program launches. Thanks for your reply.
Just got Laptops from the school and this happened to me :S
even though we pay they didnt give me administrative rights now i have to go see the mean teachers that will prob blame me for stuffing around on it :S sucks so much :(
thanks sir it worked out fine and i am not having the problem anymore!!!
sincerely thanks!!
Excellent solution. It worked. Thank you.
Can you tell me how to preform this action for windowsxp. It didn't work for me.
The only thing that works on my computer is explorer.
Everything is changed to an .lnk
Do a virus scan on your computer.Did you tried the software solution suggested above? If it doesn't helped you then try using system restore.
for windows xp
LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior)
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Thanks to you Sir, my system is fine now.
Works fine if you can open regedit, I cannot open anything