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Answer» HI, it's me yet again. My brother in law is RUNNING windows xp on a laptop. He has recently set up another user account as he wants a separate account for work use. On the new account that he has created, his icons on his desktop do not respond. He can still run the programs from start-programs, it's just that his desktop shortcuts dont work. We tried putting a brand new icon/shortcut onto his desktop and that wouldnt open either. He is only having problems on this account. We tried changing his account from administrator to limited and vice versa but to no avail. I checked his mouse settings through control panel but everything seems OK. He seems able to double left CLICK to open other items- just not the ones on his desktop. Any ideas?How were these desktop icons created? Was the executable program dragged to the desktop and the "Create Shortcut Here" option selected? If long directory names are in play, are they quoted? If the path names were manually typed, are they correct? If everything seems fine it may be time to start checking your system for malware. Start with virus and sypware scans. Let us know. Good luck. 8-)THANKS for your reply. Just spoke to him now and everything seems to have started working again all by itself. :-? |
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