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Desktop Shortcut problems

Jan 1, 2012 5:34AM PST

Hi, The past 2 days, all of my destop shortcuts (most of them are links to (Fantasy Sports, etc)...will no longet work. This has never happened before. Where do I start, to try & fix this? Many thanks

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Fix broken desktop shortcuts
Jan 1, 2012 5:59AM PST
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A Registry Cleaner May Have CAUSED This..Or.....
Jan 3, 2012 8:36AM PST

..possibly malware. If you've used a registry cleaning tool, then please try the "undo" option that many have to revert back to an earlier time.

In this case, I'll guess there is a malware problem. If the original poster hasn't already, please download, install, update, then run the free malware removal tool below.. Delete anything it finds..

Malwarebytes Antimalware

After running the tool and removal of malware, IF there is a shortcut problem still remaining, let's fix it surgically. See the link below:

http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6122_102-5248417.html

Hope this helps.

Grif