Extra Shortcuts Wont Work
Jun 26, 2006all of a sudden extra shortcuts that wont work virus spyware free. xp 2 fully updated.i had to use restore to get rid of
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Shortcuts Won't Work
Oct 20, 2007I ran a registry cleaner program - I know! - now my shortcuts won't open any desktop programs !
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Jun 18, 2005When I try to use certain shortcuts they dont work and this error message comes up. "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item." Even new shortcuts have this error message.
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Sep 7, 2005I got moved and settled in but this computer won't allow new shortcuts that I create on the desktop to function. I just get an empty IE window with nothing there and source code is empty too so it's not getting out though the IE shortcut to yahoo does function properly but that is also the home page for this puter.Got DSl hooked up too so I haven't figured if that may have some influence on this issue. I called them, they know nothing about it so in the mean time I'm saving addies in notepad.
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Jul 4, 2005I have been rationalizing some files in the Windows folder to get rid of the usual crop of bugs, and now I find that some shortcuts on the desktop will not work.Is there some file for this that I might have erased by mistake?
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Jan 18, 2008I have placed shortcuts to several web sites on my desktop, such as Google.com but none of them work. I have tried both double clicking and right clicking and selecting open. Nothing happens.I have checked via properties and the Internet addresses are all correct.I'm running XP Pro on a Dell laptop using a WiFi connection.
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Aug 19, 2005I am an older "newbie" and find some issues considerably frustrating. I am running Windows XP Pro on a Compaq laptop. I have installed all Windows XP and IE service pack updates and try to keep my McAfee virus checker and firewall up to date.I have a number of desktop shortcuts pointing to web pages that up until a few days ago worked fine with IE. When I booted up the other day, none of the shortcuts worked. In researching my problem on the Microsoft site I tumbled to this resource. So as not to waste your time, I have been through most if not all of the threads dealing with shortcuts and tried every recommended action before I posted my problem. I have also reinstalled IE from the XP disk, but the shortcuts still do not work. I have not reinstalled XP Pro.
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Jun 7, 2006Ok, so I had recently uninstalled Mozilla Firefox. After I did, when ever I save a shortcut of a webpage to the desktop, it wont open without asking me either to browse the internet to find a program to open it, or choose one from a list. So, I choose IE to open it, check the appropriate box to always use that program, and it still doesn't work. Even the shortcut looks white and not like it used to.
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Apr 24, 2008I am fond of windows shortcuts, and I've put together a number of them (CTRL-ALT-_) to streamline my work.What happens sometimes is that they stop working - why is that? I have 6 folders shortcut'ed, for example, and if I close all folders, then any shortcut will work once. If a folder that has a shortcut is open, then no other folder shortcut will work until that folder is closed.Some shortcuts work always never a problem. Others work sometimes, not other times. I have my shortcuts folder in my start/programs folder. I read once where they had to be in one of two places, and one of those was the programs folder.
I did find that if Reflection (Unix terminal screen app) was running, and a portion of the screen was highlighted with the mouse as if you were going to copy it to clipboard, that it would stop some shortcuts from running. It's a mystery to me, and I've wondered about it for so long, I thought I would finally ask the forum if they had any clues.
Shortcuts No Longer Work
Dec 19, 2007Am running a new laptop with XP SP2. Been working perfectly for a month. I was getting program exceptions in IE6, so I downloaded and installed Firefox. It worked OK, but I could not remove the annoying Google search bar, so I uninstalled the whole Firefox using their uninstall tool that comes with it. Now, I have remnants in the Firefox directory, it didn't do a clean uninstall. But worse- now when I click on any desktop icon (shortcut), Windows asks me what program to use! It opens a window and I select Internet Explorer and check to always use this option, but it does not "remember", so the next time I click that (or any)shortcut, it asks again.
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Jan 7, 2007Using Windows XP and just updated to Internet Explorer 7. All of my desktop shortcuts get hung up since the IE update. I have access to the internet and am able to go to any website though.
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Jun 27, 2005My system runs XP Prof (with SP1, but NOT, SP2 updates) and I have IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp1.020828 installed. when I click on any desktop shortcut, or even Outlook email underlined links, instead of opening an internet web page, XP gives me an error message saying "It can't find such-and-such url. Then a blank IE page opens up with no address in the address box.I have tried to repair XP by running the command: sfc/scannow, which in turn asks for the XP Prof install CD to locate any missing files, etc. Then I also tried re-installing IESP1 in hopes of fixing the problem that way. Neither of these efforts has remedied the problem.
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Aug 7, 2006How do I create network shortcuts in My Network Places? There are several computers on my network and on them, specific specific drives and specific folders that I use frequently. I'd like them to show up on all the computers, but I don't know how to create them? A second, related question, can I safely delete shortcuts that appear there that I don't use?
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Sep 8, 2007I'm looking for a way to create click-able Icons/shortcuts for various keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+..., etc.).
[My mouse is very acessable, but my keyboard is not. I know about various on-screen keyboards; but I would prefer clickable Icons that I could put in my quick launch toolbar, for example.]
Is this possible to do within XP, or with some program I can install
All Shortcuts Are Blank Pages - Shortcuts Are Down But The Exe's Can Still Run
Nov 7, 2006my windows is acting like it has no registry i can't access system restore, reg edit, etc. or and has icons only on the shortcuts which are defult like computer network bin etc. The files eg word doc or a pdf can been seen with the appropriate program. I can work programs like normal as i am using firefox, IE ain't working but i can acces computer which is IE . This has happened once before but i can't understand why i had karpersky and adware updated both times but didn't stop it. b4 it happened alot quicker but this time it took its time.
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Jul 7, 2005Is it possible to buy a License on its own for XP pro
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Aug 19, 2009I recently noticed that there is a thin bar above my toolbar on the bottom of the screen.It was never there before. This may be simple to fix, I just don't know how to get rid of it.Look at the toolbar on the bottom of the screen, you see the thin bar above it? That wasn't there before.How do I remove it?
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Jul 10, 2008I have a custom pc with 512Mb of memory and want to add 1Gb to that.Ive already
check at Kingston,Crucial and Gigabyte sites and know I need a DDR-333 memory.
I have some questions though.
1.Will I need to add an extra fan to avoid higher temperature anywhere?
2.How can I know if my existing memory stick will work with the new one?
3.Do I need to change any configuration in my computer?
Extra Memory Installed Right?
Feb 26, 2005ive installed some extra memory i had 128mb i've now added another 128mb how can i tell if its installed right
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Jan 23, 2005Ive heard of people shutting down the extra processes to help speed things up. How do you know what you do and dont need?
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May 27, 2006How do I get rid of extra boot options?
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Aug 1, 2005Needed to re install windows xp..........after mucking around for a day, I have now 3 Home editions and one setup, to choose from when I start up the computer........anyone got any idea how to remove the ones that I don't use, so I don't have to choose which one at start up?
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Nov 12, 2006I'm running xp, and my c drive has now become c,f and g.when checking in disk management, there are no volume labels assigned. In Disk 0, it shows the three partitions (I've no clue why there are 3, is that standard?)39 MB FAT, 69.81 GB NTFS, and 4.64 GB FAT32.This happened after a failed software install that dell refused to help with (there's a shocker)It's just an annoyance, nothing more, but I would like to get it back to being just the c drive without risking losing anything in the process. Something I can do safely or just live with it?
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Nov 22, 2009My daughter's laptop has extra large icons that I cannot get rid of. Also, when she goes to a website, that too is also very large and will not fit on the screen. I have tried to right click and adjust the icons but that does not get them back to normal. I have checked the dpi and that is as small as can be adjusted
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Jan 10, 2008the top link to xp is the usable link.the bottom links to the time I accidently installed xp to my spare hard drive when I did a repair install to the first drive.XP was removed from the second drive when I realised what I had done leaving this dead link remaining
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Nov 2, 2006for some unkown reason, I have another local disk on in my computer. Instead of my 'C' and my 'd' for recovery, I know have a 'e' local disk. It's 1 gig and about 600 mb used.There are four main folders, CLSetup, Documents and Settings, Program Files and Windows. Also a file call ntldr. In the programs folder there is common files and windows media player. in the documents and settings folder, there is defaut user, local service and networkservice. In the CLSetup folder, there is AP_Pack, inside that, 00, inside that, several files. Of course there are files in all the other folders too.
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Jun 26, 2005my pc has 512 ram on 1 stickif I put in another 512 do I have to alter anything in bios setting - or will the pc see it straight away with no adjustments needed
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Aug 12, 2006I have 1 memory slot left in my motherbaord and it supports a maximum of 1GB in that slot - I have used the previous 2 with 1GB in each channel running as dual channel memory.
Can Windows XP MCE 2005 work with more than 2GB of memory? I heard that XP with more than 2GB of memory is like Me with more than 512MB. Under Me when I used more than 512MB RAM (768MB) it worked but after performing intensive tasks I has incredibly slow performance to the point where the system almost grinded to a halt!! I wouldnt even dare make full use of the 1GB as I saw articles on MS website saying that 1GB will cause 9x OS's to completely not start at all!! Oh and lets not forget the glorious BSOD - those bring back some memories!
Once I upgraded to XP the 768MB of RAM worked fine. Then went onto 1GB and then afterwards a nice comfy 2GB.
Simply put, if I have 3GB of RAM, will I experience slowdowns or lockups in XP MCE 2005 much like I did in Me, when I had 768MB of RAM? Is 2GB of RAM the "ceiling" in XP MCE 2005 for good reliable performance.
Disk Space: Extra Updates
Aug 7, 2008I was trying to free up some space on my computer, so I got into "Add or Remove Programs" to see what I can delete etc. I noticed that there are like five Java updates, they all have that icon next to them.. the cup of coffee thingie. it's in white, except for J2SE where it's in blue.
Can I delete some of these updates? Like Update 2,3,5 maybe? Or do they have to stay on my computer.? Should they even show on the list? Do I have them installed?
Extra Memory Upgraded But Showing Nothing
Sep 14, 2008I have a Sony vaio desktop v3s, pentium, 4 3.40ghz, I have upgraded the memory to 2gb but need more, but Sony say that is the limit, anyone know a way around this
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Jul 5, 2005I am getting lag in online games. I checked my running processes and it said that I have 43 running. How do I know which of these I can shut down for good safely? Does that number seem high? Or is that a normal amount?
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