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problem with desktop icons

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hi everyone, i got this strange problem whith wy desktop icons. They all changed to real player icons and have .lnk extensions. i replaced the extensions with the right ones but to no avail(eg. adobe acrobat from .lnk to .pdf). whenever i try to open the file after renaming it to the right extension, it says the the file does not exists or it is damaged. I also removed real player completely from my system, no result. I guess it has something to do with the registry. can some plaese help. Thanks

Name: simonscholey
Date: August 8, 2004 at 04:48:40 Pacific

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i would try start, run, 'sfc /scannow' you will need your xp cd.

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Name: yankanuk
Date: August 8, 2004 at 08:43:33 Pacific

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Just wondering, have you done a system restore to an earlier date yet? If you need a simple solution, try mine. I try to give advise on things that have happened to my PC. Changes in registry can be FATAL!

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