Vista all shortcuts are now generic ?? help

[Roeg1]

Not sure what as happened for some reason all my desktop and program exe/shortcut icons have changed there selfs to the generic icon..

How its happened i dont no but when i right clcik and go to propertise i can see vista can see the shortcut.. ive even tried creating a shortcut (2) and (3) still makes a generic one..

whats going on and how do i fix this pain in the ass?? google turns up nothing

 

[Uhtred]

If you select change icon in the file or shortcut properties does it still give you a selection?