I dunno how this happened~ But after I rebooted my computer, all my programs all changed formats to ".ink" I treied changing them back to ".exe" but that didn't change anything. Can someone please help me!
The icons on your desktop that you click are not programs. They are shortcuts (LNKs) that point to the real programs.
Are you saying that the LNKs no longer start the programs?
See and use #12 at http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm as it is for WinXP. It is a .reg file that will need to be saved to disk and then merged into your registry by double clicking on the .reg file.
Regards,
Bryan
For the future it is best post on the XP forum rather than W95/98. Not everyone here is that conversant with XP. DerekW
onigiri_kun, If the fix that Bryan recommended doesn't solve the problem go to the link below and download the "LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix (Restores Default Shortcut Behavior)" which is a .zip file. Download the ZIP and open it. Extract the REG file to your hard disk and double click it. Answer yes to the import prompt. LNK (Shortcut) File Association Fix
Tufenuf
I got the same problem! I rebooted my computer and then all the files were .ink and had no more icons...I couldnt even run the remaining .exe! when i was doing, nothing was happening...I cant execute the .reg you said to download because when I do, it ask me to select a program in a list!
Please help! I really need to fix this without having to reformat!
Martin A I guess you Googled into this post which was already misplaced on this "W95/98 forum" and is now a few days old.
I've no idea what your OS is, so the best bet is to start a new post of your own on the forum which matches your OS (top left). The system details will then be automatically displayed in the header of your message.
In the meantime (having a wild guess that you might be using either W2000 or XP) then see if this link helps:
DerekW
Martin A I forgot to say that the file extension is almost certainly Lnk not ink (it's just that in lower case it is hard to distinguish between an I and an L).
DerekW
onigiri_kun You don't seem to have reposted on XP forum so if you are still with us take a look at the link I gave in my post number 6 (it worked for someone).
DerekW
I've found a more direct link to the fixes here: You want the EXE fix
and the LNK (shortcut) fix
DerekW
