Can you use the search feature to search for all of your shortcuts

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Karen_S

Hi!

I need to locate all of the shortcuts I have made for my NotePad and
OpenOffice documents. I know that I can search for all of the NotePad
'documents' by putting "*.txt", etc., in the search box, but I don't know how
to search for the shortcuts.

I don't know which documents have shortcuts, and that's why I need to do a
search for all of the shortcuts. I can't use the document names to find
them.

I am bedridden and ill, and I have to make shortcuts to documents to help
cross-reference all of infomation I have to keep track of through the day
regarding my health.

Thank you so much for your time!

Happy day!

-- Karen
 
Karen_S said:
Hi!

I need to locate all of the shortcuts I have made for my NotePad and
OpenOffice documents. I know that I can search for all of the NotePad
'documents' by putting "*.txt", etc., in the search box, but I don't know how
to search for the shortcuts.

I don't know which documents have shortcuts, and that's why I need to do a
search for all of the shortcuts. I can't use the document names to find
them.

I am bedridden and ill, and I have to make shortcuts to documents to help
cross-reference all of infomation I have to keep track of through the day
regarding my health.

Thank you so much for your time!

Happy day!

-- Karen
Click to expand...

Do a search for *.lnk to find all shortcuts.

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Karen_S said:
Hi!

I need to locate all of the shortcuts I have made for my NotePad and
OpenOffice documents. I know that I can search for all of the NotePad
'documents' by putting "*.txt", etc., in the search box, but I don't know how
to search for the shortcuts.

I don't know which documents have shortcuts, and that's why I need to do a
search for all of the shortcuts. I can't use the document names to find
them.

I am bedridden and ill, and I have to make shortcuts to documents to help
cross-reference all of information I have to keep track of through the day
regarding my health.

Thank you so much for your time!

Happy day!

-- Karen
Click to expand...

They were probably replaced with the Desktop when you did the SR. But,
you can do a search for *.lnk and see if they're found that way,
possibly in a restore point.. I'm not sure that's possible. If so, try
to copy them to the Desktop, or write down their names so you can locate
them easier.
 
Thank you, Brian and Elmo! It worked like a charm, and I am SO relieved! Oh
happy day! Thank you so very much!

-- Karen
 
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