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Start menu links issue.

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by beyond_illusions, Oct 23, 2009.

  1. Hello.
    I have a bizzare problem here.
    Today I installed Corel X creative suite.
    After the installation, when browsing the start menu/programs/corel x I
    noticed that the Corel Draw application has no icon and cant be
    launched. I right clicked it and chose the option "Open With", I ticked
    "Always use this program to open this file" option ON and then chose
    "Corel Draw" as the application.

    What that did was link ALL of my *.LNK files to Corel Draw.
    Now Every single link I have in my Start Menu executes Corel Draw
    instead of the program it was originaly ment to launch. Every icon in
    the start menu is now the Corel Draw filetype icon.
    After right-click / properties, every single link in start menu still
    has its target program in the dialog box, as it should have. But somehow
    the system ignores the program link and opens the "link" as a file
    instead following the link's link.

    I hope you get what I mean.
    Soo.... what can I do to fix this?


    Thanks!


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    Hello Beyond Illusions,

    You can download and merge the "lnk" .reg file in the tutorial below to
    restore the default lnk (shortcut) associations. It should restore this
    for you.



    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

    beyond_illusions;1175465 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Hello.
    > I have a bizzare problem here.
    > Today I installed Corel X creative suite.
    > After the installation, when browsing the start menu/programs/corel x I
    > noticed that the Corel Draw application has no icon and cant be
    > launched. I right clicked it and chose the option "Open With", I ticked
    > "Always use this program to open this file" option ON and then chose
    > "Corel Draw" as the application.
    >
    > What that did was link ALL of my *.LNK files to Corel Draw.
    > Now Every single link I have in my Start Menu executes Corel Draw
    > instead of the program it was originaly ment to launch. Every icon in
    > the start menu is now the Corel Draw filetype icon.
    > After right-click / properties, every single link in start menu still
    > has its target program in the dialog box, as it should have. But
    > somehow
    > the system ignores the program link and opens the "link" as a file
    > instead following the link's link.
    >
    > I hope you get what I mean.
    > Soo.... what can I do to fix this?
    >
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >
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  3. BIG THANKS!
    that helped!


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    You're most welcome.

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