Extensions turned to '.ink'?

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I am having trouble with my laptop. Turned it on yesterday and found that most of the extensions to my applications had become ‘.ink’ and I could not start them.

Any ideas? I’m lucky I could log on at all to post this message. Please help. My computer is my brain–I do a lot on it.

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No ideas? Think it could have something to do with my 2 year old playing on the keyboard while I wasn’t watching? Even on my Start Menu the file extensions are .INK

Could it be a virus? Did a search but didn’t come up with anything.

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I don’t think they were turned to .ink…they were probably turned to .lnk…

Here’s what I found:

[quote]
doughknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_exe_fix.zip

doughknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip

When double clicking the xp_exe_fix.reg file, windows asks what to use to open it. Go to select from list, then browse and find C:\Windows\regedit.exe, select it and click ok, then double click xp_exe_fix.reg again and it’ll ask you if you want to add the info to the registry. Click yes and reboot your computer. You should notice that by going Start->my computer->C:\ and opening any one of the folders, all of the programs appear normal again and will function correctly.

If your desktop icons still have the *.lnk extension, run the linkfile_fix.reg by double clicking it, then reboot again. make sure everything seems back to normal and your all done![/quote]

computing.net/windowsxp/wwwb … 32017.html

I haven’t tried this but I think it will solve your problem.

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Definitely “ink”, not “lnk” (with an “L”)?

Regardless, if you have Windows XP, I recommend just doing a system restore. This is how you do it… (taken from support.microsoft.com/default.as … US;Q306084 )

  1. Log on to Windows as Administrator (you probably already are, btw).
  2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Restore. System Restore starts.
  3. On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Restore my computer to an earlier time (if it is not already selected), and then click Next.
  4. On the Select a Restore Point page, click the most recent system checkpoint in the On this list, click a restore point list, and then click Next. A System Restore message may appear that lists configuration changes that System Restore will make. Click OK.
  5. On the Confirm Restore Point Selection page, click Next. System Restore restores the previous Windows XP configuration, and then restarts the computer.
  6. Log on to the computer as Administrator. The System Restore Restoration Complete page appears.
  7. Click OK.

Troubleshooting
You may inadvertently restore Windows XP to a previous configuration that you do not want. To undo the restoration:

  1. Log on to Windows as Administrator.
  2.  Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Restore. System Restore starts.

  3.  On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Undo my last restoration, and then click Next. A System Restore message may appear that lists configuration changes that System Restore will make. Click OK.

  4.  On the Confirm Restoration Undo page, click Next. System Restore restores the original Windows XP configuration, and then restarts the computer.

  5.  Log on to the computer as Administrator. The System Restore Undo Complete page appears. 

  6.  Click OK.
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Thank you!!! I will try these suggestions now! If we still had ‘guanxi’ I’ve give it all to the both of you!