Greetings, Ben, Lisa, et al.--
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Moore <[log in to unmask]>



>I've had this problem and it requires a registry edit to fix it.
Make sure
>you back up your registry before you do any editing.  Go to run
and type
>regedit.  Go to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew .
(that's an L in
>lnk)  Look at the value for COMMAND.  It should read
>C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe AppWiz.Cpl,NewLinkHere %2 .  You can
change the
>entry by right clicking on command and selecting modify.  Then
just edit the
>value.
>
>When I had this problem, a program had changed the last entry to
%1 .  See
>if that isn't your problem.
>


Thank you very much. This was, indeed, the fix for my shortcut
creation problem.  The last characters in this key on my machine
also had somehow been changed to %1.  The change to %2 returned
the create shortcut procedure to normal.

Before the edit---<new>--><shortcut> just placed an icon wherever
it was created, no program association.  After the edit
<new>--><shortcut> brings up the correct dialog box to configure
the shortcut for an application.

Many thanks, again.

Paul A. Shippert               Library/Media Specialist
"   . . . and I'm hovering like a fly
   waiting for the windshield on the freeway."  Genesis
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