Starting a program through a shortcut doesn't work.

If I try to start programs through a shortcut, either on the desktop or in the Program Menu,
you get the error message "Program xxxxx.EXE can not be found". If a program is not a shortcut,
but the real thing you can start it just find.

Also if you change the program executable from .EXE to .COM it works just fine, even when
using the shortcut.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, File Association Fixes, EXE File
Association. You may also want to run a full virus scan.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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> If I try to start programs through a shortcut, either on the desktop or in
the Program Menu,
> you get the error message "Program xxxxx.EXE can not be found". If a
program is not a shortcut,
> but the real thing you can start it just find.
>
> Also if you change the program executable from .EXE to .COM it works just
fine, even when
> using the shortcut.
>
>
>