How can I stop programs from trying to open in .LNK format?

aheed aboobakker October 31, 2011

Whenever I try to open programs, they open in .LNK format, which makes them not work. How do I get it back to normal?

FIDELIS

November 1, 2011 at 12:01 am

Hello, this question has been asked in the past several times. The following links address this problem for windows 7/ and XP. Hope it helps.

http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/change-fix-file-associations-windows-7/
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/fix-problem-lnk-win32-files-windows-xp/
- Aibek
  
  November 1, 2011 at 10:33 am
  
  check out the very first Answer on the first link recommended by Fidelis. That one shares a quick fix to your problem.
Jay

October 31, 2011 at 11:18 pm

Follow the steps :http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172053 to do it manually
or

downlaod this file and tun :http://www.winhelponline.com/fileasso/lnk_fix_w7.zip
it will fix it.

there were similar questions :

http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/change-windows-7-64bit-32bit-reinstalling-windows/#comment-350050521