Desktop Icon Shortcuts for Word, Excel don't work

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Have you tried doing a system restore?
If you spend a bit of time browsing the forums you will notice that most of us recommend NOT using a registry cleaner. They can cause many problems. Much more than they help.
Post back and let us know how the restore goes.


vicks

Vicks, thanks for the quick reply. I have noticed the suggestion to do a system restore but this has been going on for a least a week and I've added a lot of 'stuff' to my computer in this time. I will be reading more here as time goes by and I'm curious to know more about why a registry clean is a bad idea. Sounds good, doesn't it? It seems weird that a simple thing like a shortcut that has the correct parameters does not function and that there is not something less drastic than a sytem restore. It is only happening with MS Office files of Word and Excel so I'm guessing it's an Office glitch from something missing.

Jerry

Like I said above, I think you will find a lot of problems with files, programs etc caused by using registry cleaners.
Perhaps, you need to reinstall MS office.....
Vicks