Re: Shortcut Problems

From: br1stolboy (br1stolboy_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:04:02 -0700

Malke,
Thanks for your help in this matter, i really dont know who i or it happened? i have formatted my pc many times without anything like this happening before.
If say for instance, i wanted to created a note pad document on my desktop, i right click choose note pad, it comes out with new text document.TXT same with word, it comes New Microsoft Word Document.doc basically, everything i have on my right click, has a command after the . (dot) and if i delete that .command, it doesnt recognised the format and i cant use it? its not annoying or anything, i just wondered how or why after all this time, it has decided to appear like this?
when the time comes that i do find it annoying i will just format the pc, but i dont fancy doing that just yet, if i can find a way of rectifying this little hic cup without formatting? 

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Many thanks  
br1stolboy
"Malke" wrote:
> br1stolboy wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone advise me on why some of my shortcuts are coming up with
> > the .exe and the .txt at the end of the shortcut? i have tried to
> > delete the .exe & .txt but then it says changing the format it wont
> > run properly. Can someone advise me on what i did to have done
> > this?...and what i can do to revert it back without having to format
> > my pc? Any help would be gratefully recieved.
> 
> OK, let's go over what you did here. Try to remember. How did you make
> the shortcuts? It certainly sounds as if you did a "copy" instead of
> "create shortcut".  If you are seeing an icon on your desktop that
> says, for example, file.txt or program.exe, then it would seem that you
> didn't make a shortcut. Right-click on the file and see what its
> Properties are. If it is a shortcut, it should say so. If it is an
> executable, it will say so. Post back and describe exactly what you did
> to get those "shortcuts" to the desktop (or wherever they are).
> 
> Malke 
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>

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