Re: Shortcut creation changed -what did I do?

John,

I'm able to extract the .REG file, and can merge the contents to the
registry. Perhaps you can try opening Regedit.exe and try importing the REG
file this time.

What was that cmd supposed to do?

The command fixes incorrect value data in the following locations:

HKCR\Directory\shell

And re-creates other missing keys/values. Shell32.dll registration is useful
in many situations, and often recommended in the newsgroup.

BTW, what was the crash about? Any mention of a file name?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"John" <GreekTeacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ramesh,

The link, http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip, is
corrupted. It saves as a 1kb zip file; when opening with PowerArchiver,
it shows it to contain about that, but it will not totally extract.

I finally was able to extract it, but Regedit would not take it either
by clicking on it, or by importing it from within Regedit; it said it
was not a legitimate reg file.

The target command on any newly created shortcut is SEARCH.

When I did the regsvr32 /i shell32.dll cmd I rebooted and XP crashed
upon rebooting, so I booted in Safe mode and restored to a previous
date. It has booted fine since then, but the shortcuts still do not
work. What was that cmd supposed to do?

Thanks,
John


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