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Old April 24th 07, 03:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
dean-dean
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Default lnk file association

I think I would try the .exe file association repair from
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/ as well. Somehow, Adobe Reader
is wrongly in the equation registry-wise, but I'm not sure where that is.
If you could, export (by right-clicking on the key) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk
to, say, your desktop and save it as Lnk.reg. Right-click on Lnk.reg, and
choose Edit. Notepad will open; copy all the information and paste it into
your reply, so that we can see exactly what is in that key.

"Daemonfyre" wrote in message
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No, the .exes themselves open normally. It's just the .lnk files that are
messed up.

"dean-dean" wrote:

Sorry, I had understood that your .lnk files were now working, but
showing
the wrong icons, from your last post. You may also have to repair .exe
file
associations from http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/ . When
you
right-click on a .lnk file, and open the target location, does clicking
on
the actual .exe file the shortcut points to open Adobe Reader, and does
it
have the Adobe Reader icon?

"Daemonfyre" wrote in message
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Nothing like that there, and wouldn't that just fix the icon display?
My
real issue is getting the .lnk shortcuts to open the files they are
supposed
to be directed at like they are supposed to(IE my Guild Wars link
opening
Guild Wars instead of making Adobe Reader try to open the .exe file for
instance).