Send to Desktop shortcut does not work

[nigelw119]

Something has happened to my Send to desktop shortcut. When I right click and see drop down menu the icon for desktop is like unknown file type for windows. I have tried going into Send to folder and creating new txt document "Desktop as shortcut.DeskLink" but this still doesn't work. I have looked elsewhere with no success.

 

[bcastner]

The filename you wanted:

Open notepad, and create a blank text file named "Desktop (create shortcut). DESKLINK" Save it in the %userprofile%/sendto folder.

But make a small registry repair first:

(copy and paste the below as fix_desktop.reg)
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}]
"NeverShowExt"=""
@="Desktop as Shortcut PowerToy"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SENDMAIL.DLL "
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:WINDOWS\\EXPLORER.exe,3 "

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\shellex]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}"

 

[nigelw119]

Thanks very much bcastner. All sorted and back to normal.