all of a sudden windows can't open anything but a browser

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Papa Jonah

All of my links on my desktop or program list have my icons stripped and
replaced with the standard non-descript placekeeper. When I click on any of
them, including Word or Excel I get the message that Windows cannot open
this file - search on the internet or pick from list.
What the heck happened?
 
Papa Jonah said:
All of my links on my desktop or program list have my icons stripped and
replaced with the standard non-descript placekeeper. When I click on any of
them, including Word or Excel I get the message that Windows cannot open
this file - search on the internet or pick from list.
What the heck happened?
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What did you DO before this happened?
 
Jonah

Right click on any Desktop icon ( preferably something most users have )
and select Properties, General tab. Tell what the icon is for and the
entries in the boxes on the General tab of the Properties window.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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thank you so much for providing this link ju.c, i had the same problem as
papa jonas. tried many different and complex ways to fix it, i spent hours.
once i went to the site you suggested i had it fixed in minutes, again
thanks.
 
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