Shortcuts No Longer Work ! And Question Re AVG & Verisign

[Robert11]

Hello,

Big annoyances which I don't want to say are big problems, as I can think of worse things happenings.

a. But: ALL my shortcuts, both on my desktop, and inside Folders, no longer work.
Every one of them returns a message that "Application Not Found"

Also, clicking on a Link in an e-mail message (I use Thunderbird) no longer does anything.

All of this happened, I think, after installing AVG Free, which seems to work fine.
I might be wrong about this happening right after the installation, but I think so, though.

I can un-install AVG Free and see what happens, but thought I would ask here first.

what do you think is going on ?
Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

b. Not sure if this is related or not, but most of the Links that come up after doing a search on Google have this Verisign check mark next to them now.

What is this, please ?
Is this also due to AVG Free ?

Do I want this Verisign; what does it do ?

*How would I eliminate or get rid of it ?
I looked in all the places I could think of in the PC to find where this program, Application, or whatever it is, but can find no reference to it.
Doesn't come up in a Search, the Un-Install list, or anything else I can think of.

Much thanks, as always,

Bob

 

[richc46]

Unistall probably will not work. Much better chance with system restore, to point before install.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi,

In all honesty if this has only happened since installing AVG Free the it may be wise to uninstall it.

You could try looking at the following tutorial
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html

Also, can you run task manager? right-click the taskbar and select from the context menu

Hope it helps


OS

 

[Robert11]

Hi,

System Restore got everything, apparently, going again.
Much thanks for help,
Bob

 

[richc46]

Yay for Bob.
Im happy that it worked out

 

[Jacee]

Hi Bob, you might want to read this article http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/68097-verisign-avg-announce-integration-verisign.html