Please read http://forums.cnet.com/7723-19411_102-571918/program-not-opening-looking-for-exe-extensions/?messageId=5355715
There are far too many good discussions about LNK issues so I'll stop here.
Bob
Some time during the night the Gremlins somehow got to another HP Pavilion w/Vista Home Basic that resides across the room.It was working fine last night but now is having problems in that some file extensions have somehow changed to .lnk.I don't know what they were before, a couple that are affected is Windows Mail and System Restore.I can't open these files.I have tried following some instruction/fixes off the web but get bogged down as they are to general in nature for me.
Looking for some help in resolving this issue .
TIA
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