Parvardigar wrote:
This is Xp Pro stand-alone. Whenever I click on an application, an
executable, I am prompted to 'create a shortcut'. The applications do
not launch unless I go into the folder and click on the executable
(for example: CMD.EXE). If I right-click on any application icon to
view my options the list is 'Create Shortcut, Delete. No other pieces
of information. No Open. How do I fix this strange OS behavior? Thanks

Try the fixes for EXE and LNK

Fix File Associations.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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Joe =o)