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klebs89

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Jul 2, 2004
All of a sudden, whenever i click on an internet shortcut, it doesnt open but rather says "whatevershortcut i clicked on" is not a valid win32 application" It's really annoying. Anyone know a fix
Thanks.
 
yes it is an internet shortcut. The filke type is "internet shortcut" and the properties show that it is a link.
 
I had the same problem after I uninstalled Firefox 1.0 and the only way that I got it fixed was to do a repair install of XP.
 
thanks, i think the problem may have started happening when i changed from PR to 1.0
 
In the command prompt, type the following (for Windows 2000 (probably also on other Win32 Microsoft operating systems)):

First check the current .lnk and .url (local shortcut and internet shortcut) associations:
Code:
ASSOC .LNK
Code:
ASSOC .URL
The associations should (default) be the following:
Code:
.LNK=lnkfile
.URL=InternetShortcut
If the associations are not what is displayed above (or you want to set the association again) use the following:
Code:
ASSOC .LNK=lnkfile
Code:
ASSOC .URL=InternetShortcut

Now test the internet shortcuts. If the internet shortcuts do not work, "lnkfile", "InternetShortcut", ".lnk", or (inclusive) ".URL" may have been modified in the registry (refer to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT).
 
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