Start menu shortcuts won't work

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Hi there I hope someone here can help me. I have already dont 2 total
reinstalls for this smae problem but it keeps happening. My Menu>programs
aorks fine but whenever |I try to click to open one of those programs e.g
word, psp or even defrag , none of them do anything. the only thing that
happens is i end up back on the bare desktop with nothing to show for the
clicking. If i choose to go the route of C/: and look for the programm
itself then everything i look for will open but i have tried getting rid of
the shortcuts and doing a send to desktop on the actual programs and still
they won't work on the start menu. What in god's name have I dont to my
computer that it hates me this much. My last total reinstall was only 3 weeks
ago. Please someone HELP!!!!! before i go out of my mind
Betty
 
Hi Betty,

How long after reinstalling did this problem restart? What software was
installed prior to it happening? Something is affecting the .lnk file
associations, and while it probably can be fixed (without reinstalling), you
need to prevent recurrence by identifying the source of the problem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
Rick Rogers said:
Hi Betty,

How long after reinstalling did this problem restart? What software was
installed prior to it happening? Something is affecting the .lnk file
associations, and while it probably can be fixed (without reinstalling), you
need to prevent recurrence by identifying the source of the problem.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
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thank you Brink for that link it seems to have done the job nicely.
and to Rick Rogers I have no idea what keeps causing this unless it has to
do with paintshop pro X, X1 and X2 being on the same machine and sharing the
same folders for the plugins ect. The last program i put on was Photoshop CS3
and that was over a week before. I willl certainly keep my eyes ope to see if
I can find out what causes it but i thank you all for your help and I have
bookmarked the link that Brink gave me in case i need it again.
Betty
 
Thank you shawn that tells me exactly what caused the problem as i did in
fact get rid of the shortcut arrow just before it happened.

Betty
 
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