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Programs not opening from desktop

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by problemsolvers

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When my client clicks on the shortcut icon, he gets a brief hourglass and nothing happens. He tried re-installing Win98 over the old and didn't succeed in getting rid of the problem.

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by william jay

It may be that the shortcut is incomplete or missing info: something like "start in". Look at the propertiesof the link to check and run the 'find target' facility to make sure it is found ...

by pan 13 x

can you run the program from explorer, by finding the file and executing the file. If it opens right click on the file and send short short check to desktop.

by happy

I have had this problem before ( on NT4 workstation ),only quick way to get round it was to delete the application then re-install.What is the shortcut for ?

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