Bit of urgent help needed

[Deleted member 77746]

What MS could have done is add a default button so that the association goes back to what it was when Windows first was setup. I don't think there is such a feature in Windows 7.

 

[bushmins]

As the problem persisted I would have decided to delete all the shortcuts in the desktop and start menu.
I would have adding shortcuts to the start menu only by right-clicking the .exe files and selecting "Pin to Start Menu". By doing this I would be able to have shortcuts to numerous applications in the start menu, although if the problem persisted for the desktop shortcuts when I restarted the computer I would have looked for other options.

Im guessing you issues persisted.

It only persisted (before i ran the link above) when trying to create new short cuts. Its all running fine now.

All is good now!