Application shortcuts turned into an unknows format-please help

[Samuel]

Try this trick niroop

1. Right-click on an icon and choose Properties.
2. Under ShortCut tab, select Change Icon.
3. Now Choose an icon and the select ok.

See if it works.

[niroop]

Try this trick niroop

1. Right-click on an icon and choose Properties.
2. Under ShortCut tab, select Change Icon.
3. Now Choose an icon and the select ok.

See if it works.

Thanks for the suggestion Sam but i have already tried this and it is not working as well.

[Grr]

Thanks for the suggestion Sam but i have already tried this and it is not working as well.

Could u try creating a new shortcut & c if it shows as unknown or known?

---------- Post added at 11:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:03 PM ----------

open command prompt as administrator, right click, run as
admin
and type
assoc .exe=exefile
assoc .lnk=lnkfile
then close command prompt.

---------- Post added at 11:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 PM ----------

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Hope it helps