Renamed a file and corrupted it

[BlZ]

I use Fire Fox as my browser.

On my desktop, I had a .html file (with no icon - thats why I was messing with it).

I renamed the file: bookmarks.html to bookmarks.url

It turned the icon into a 'shortcut' for IE.

Now, I cannot right-click & send to an editor ... or open it. If I rename it to .html, it doesn't matter ... still looks like a shortcut.

What happened? Any way to revert this back?

 

[linney]

You could try System Restore.

You can look up "associate a file name extension with a file type" in the Help and Support program also.

323526 - HOW TO: Use the ASSOC Command to Display and Modify File Name Extension Associations in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323526&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

184082 - How to Use the Assoc Command to Change File Associations

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;184082&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

rename it under "dos" to the original

rgds,

R.