All Shortcuts Corrupted

[jstenuf]

OS Windows 7 Home Premium

My daughter was trying to burn some music from her Firelite drive to my laptop and in the process all of my shortucts now have a .lnk extension. All of the shortcuts now link to Windows Media Player, but the executable files in the Program Files folder are not affected. I have completed a malware and antivirus scan and both were negative. My thoughts at the moment are either System Restore or format and reinstall the OS. Are there other solutions I should consider?
Thanks in advance.

 

[pcgeek11]

I think that the file association was changed somehow... See this site which is for Vista but I think it is the same for win 7.

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

Or this from technet:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...i/thread/e8631c28-4ce5-43cc-8865-b75fa2255b57

I would trust the Technet link

pcgeek11

 

[jstenuf]

I think that the file association was changed somehow... See this site which is for Vista but I think it is the same for win 7.

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

Or this from technet:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...i/thread/e8631c28-4ce5-43cc-8865-b75fa2255b57

I would trust the Technet link

pcgeek11

Tried the Technet fix and it worked. Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

[pcgeek11]

Tried the Technet fix and it worked. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Glad it worked for you!