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

aheed aboobakker October 31, 2011
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Whenever I try to open programs, they open in .LNK format, which makes them not work. How do I get it back to normal?

  1. 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.

  2. 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