lnk file association

External Since: Mar 13, 2007 Posts: 1267

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

> 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
>>
>> > 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).
>>
>>

External Since: Apr 10, 2007 Posts: 54

Interesting. Have you tried uninstalling the reader? Maybe it will get you
to the "Open With" dialog.
I've learned that there are 3rd party shell extensions that can brake lnk
execution exactly in a way you describe. How did this whole madness start
anyway? Maybe all you have to do is to uninstall some app and everything
will be peachy.
Ilia

"Daemonfyre" wrote in message

> Yay, progress! Ok, that time it took the file and the changes, no error
> message. But all of my lnk icons are still Adobe Reader icons(the last
> program I manually assigned the extension to through Default Programs when
> I
> was trying to make certain of what had happened) and still open through it
> even after a restart.
>
> "Ilia Sacson [MS]" wrote:
>
>> Try removing this part:
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer
>> Property
>> Page]
>> @="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"
>>
>> Ilia
>>
>> "Daemonfyre" wrote in message
>>
>> > The link to the file is the one I posted earlier:
>> > http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/
>> >
>> > I downloaded the lnk fix file from there. And I tried the new program
>> > you
>> > suggest and I don't see anything that looks to me like it's trying to
>> > access
>> > the keys, I made sure any of the Norton stuff that came with the Vista
>> > upgrade was killed and killed Windows Defender, still got the message.
>> > Killed explorer and ran the file through Process Explorer and it still
>> > gives
>> > the error message.
>>
>>