Desktop shortcuts have been infected.


  1. nodsirrah
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    Desktop shortcuts have been infected.


    Last week I clicked on a desktop shortcut to a web site, a Word document came up with what looks like is computer code.
    I removed my MS Office 2000 which also removed Word and started using WordPad. I clicked on a shotcut and a WordPad document came up with what looks like is computer code!
    I clicked on most of my other shortcuts and selected Properties:
    Under type of file I get "DOC File (.doc)"
    Under Open With I get "WordPad"
    I don"t think I have done anything to create this problem but I am just dumb enough to contribute to the situation.

    UPDATE 3/26/12:
    I received a notification email stating there was a post to my discussion, I clicked the link and WordPad came up, I copied the link and pasted it in IE Address bar and immediately came to this site.
    I then proceded to double click all my desktop icons and each one that contained a link brought up WordPad.
    I then opened my deleted emails, which only go back to 3/19/12, and each one that contained a link brought up WordPad.
    How do I stop the links from opening WordPad?
    Another UPDATE:
    I created a shortcut for this web page, whenI double click it I get the WordPad program. However, if I create a Favorite and I click on it I get directly to this webpage!
    SOLUTION:
    Go to control panel and find set default programs, then find your browser and select it. Then click choose defaults for this program and select all availible.
    Last edited by nodsirrah; 27 Mar 2012 at 08:47. Reason: Ssolved
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  3. UsernameIssues
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    It sounds like you tried to open a document that MS Word 2000 could not display properly or the file was not really a Word document.. Uninstalling MS Office 2000 will cause the operating system to associate WordPad with the file extension of ".doc"... so that part is normal.
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