All of my shortcuts go to the same program and they all have the extension, .lnk.

Anonymous
2009-11-07T23:36:44+00:00

When I look at the table of file extensions I see a prticular program indicated, and that program is the program that starts up when I click on any shortcut.  I see no way of changing that so that when I click on Internet Explorer, for example, Internet Explorer comes up instead of the wrong program.

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Anonymous
2009-11-14T10:36:17+00:00

Hi Mensard1,

I had the same problem. I solved it by downloading  http://www.creativelement.com/powertools/ and then running the program (from the directory, as none of my shortcuts were working) "File Type Doctor". When I selected ".lnk" in the extension list it said in the Actions in the Right Click Menu:

"(user choice override)" in red ... and

"Open"

I then removed the "(user choice override)" and that was it. All the shortcuts were working again, just like they used to.

Good luck,

Maikel

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-06-06T05:04:50+00:00

    ....after downloading, running the program and selecting ".lnk" in the selection list, "Actions" does not include/displays anything. Any other suggestions?

    Thanks!

    AL

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-05-29T19:51:42+00:00

    Im having the same problem, ive downloaded the software, but it doesnt have user choice override or open on the right handside. Totally confused!

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-05-29T19:16:21+00:00

    Nicole, make sure you are looking for the LNK (but all lower case) extension, not INK.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-05-23T05:53:05+00:00

    I tried this solution. The only problem is that when I clicked on the .Ink file there was nothing in the right-click box. Any suggestions on how to proceed now?

    Please help!!! Nicole

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