Recent content by lemorai

Hey All, Many thanks for your assistance, I have finally found the problem. FYI The virus created an association in Folder Options/File Types for the *.LNK file used by shortcuts My method of repair was simple: I deleted the association ( this stopped the shortcut option from operatinmg at...

Hey All, Many thanks for your assistance, I have finally found the problem. FYI The virus created an association in Folder Options/File Types for the *.LNK file used by shortcuts My method of repair was simple: I deleted the association ( this stopped the shortcut option from operating at...

Hiya all, Yep...tried what you all suggested but no change. Thanx anyway :-) I am assuming at this point that it is a registry entry problem as regardless of how i create a shortcut it creats a word icon and opens word. However....when I look at the properties of a shortcut the path looks...

Hiya, Yep...tried what you suggested but no change. Thanx anyway :-) I am assuming at this point that it is a registry entry problem as regardless of how i create a shortcut it creats a word icon and opens word. However....when I look at the properties of a shortcut the path looks...

Hello all, Recently a friend cleaned a virus off his computer. However now when he creats a shortcut to any program it makes a shortcut to MSWord. Can anyone suggest how we can fix this Thanx in advance Lemorai

Hi, I am new to the TekTips forum and hope someone can help. Recently a friend brought a laptop to me which had a virus. He had already cleaned the virus and unfortunately didnt bother to write down the name of it :-( The problem we have is that though the virus seems to be gone when we try...