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1cent - 30 Mar 2004 07:04 GMT

Recently when logging onto the computer I started
receiving pop-up errors saying "The shortcut xxxxxxxx.lnk
refers to a location that is unavailable." At times I have
to click out of as many as 35 of them. What the heck is
going on?? I pulled up the properties on them and it
tells me "The name 'C:\Windows\xxxxxxx.exe' specified in
the Target box is not valid. Make sure path and file..."
I even tried the 'Restore' angle but that didn't help
either - I still get them. What should I do?

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Noel Paton - 30 Mar 2004 22:20 GMT

delete the shortcuts - it's likely that they were generated by a virus.

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> Recently when logging onto the computer I started
> receiving pop-up errors saying "The shortcut xxxxxxxx.lnk
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> I even tried the 'Restore' angle but that didn't help
> either - I still get them. What should I do?

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