short-circuiting shortcuts!

[Sang]

Dear Vista's,

every time I right-click on a shortcut on my desktop, my windows explorer passes out and goes in autorestart (the explorer.exe, not my pc ^^)
it's been happening for quite a while and is really giving me headaches!
PLEASE HELP!

Sang

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Sang, welcome to Vista forums!

I'm not sure this will help but it can't hurt to have a look at the tutorial
at the link below, until someone with more insight on this comes along.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/78012-restart-explorer.html?ltr=R

Keep us informed!




Later Ted

 

[Sang]

still jamming every time I right-click on a desktop shortcut...

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello,

Do you know exactly when it started happening?
Maybe you can do a system restore to a date before it started.
Have a look at this tutorial at the link below.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html?ltr=S

Keep us informed!




Later Ted

 

[Sang]

unfortunately I don't! I thought of this as well, but I'm not gonna try some random point. Too much data to be lost...

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I got this to clarify ...

So what exactly does System Restore do? Let's start with what it doesn't do... System Restore WILL NOT remove or modify any personal data files such as word processor documents, spreadsheets, music & photos, web favorites, emails, etc. More specifically, files in the Documents folder will never be touched. If you are unsure as to whether a file will be affected by System Restore, keep it in that folder. System Restore WILL affect your Windows system settings (the Windows Registry), protected system files, and recently installed software.



Later Ted