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re: Shortcuts Don't Work at all
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 9:40 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tom
(78 messages posted)
OOPS! Perhaps as important as anything I said in my post is that Start Menu items
do not start when clicked!
Tom
On Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 9:26 am, Tom wrote:
>I am working on a friend's machine, XP Pro, SP2. I have cleaned it and tuned it
and
>run full virus and spyware scans, etc.
>
>1) When I create a desktop shortcut, it does not have a black arrow indicating it
>is a shortcut. Curious? None of the pre-existing desktop shortcuts does either.
>2) None of my desktop shortcuts works. Double-clicking does nothing. This includes
>those in the Quick Launch Tray, where single-clicking does nothing. Show Desktop
>works.
>3) I can right click on any desktop shortcut , get the menu, click on Open and that
>works fine.
>4) This is a Presario 2100 laptop. I have tried the mousepad and two different USB
>mice.
>4) The desktop icons' properties indicate they are shortcuts, and a Find Target
takes
>me to the correct place.
>5) The user has Admin privileges.
>6) As a clue perhaps, or maybe unrelated, the Quick Launch Tray does not reappear
>after a reboot.
>7) In Event Viewer, double-clicking on any item does nothing, so I can't even find
>clues there.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Tom
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