shortcut link problem

[welkinraja]

Am using Windows 7 32 bit. My brother opened a shortcut link (.lnk) file in Notepad so all links are now opening in Notepad so he deleted Notepad.exe. How can I resolve this problem.
Thanks in Advance

 

[whs]

Not very swift - lol. You can try the sfc /scannow command. Maybe the system file checker can fix it.

Else use Shadow Explorer and retrieve the .exe from an earlier restore point. It is in the system32 folder.

 

[Brink]

Hello Welkinraja, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You could download and merge the lnk (LNK) option in the tutorial below to restore the default associations for shortcut files.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

What Wolfgang posted above should help restore the notepad.exe file though.

Hope this helps,
Shawn