Windows 10: Files represented as shortcuts - Windows 10

Hello all,

I would appreciate help. Namely, File Explorer shows files within the ROOT of my E drive as shortcuts. Please see picture below.





Moreover, when I double click (or if I right click and choose "Open", a warning message shown on the bottom right of the picture above appears: "This app can’t run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher." And it shows "Canecel"

I have 3 PCs with windows 10 Pro x64. This issue came up on only one of them. I am thinking why is so. This PC has 4 disks. OS and most demanding application are installed on C: drive. I have put "My Documents" on D: drive, while I have put "Pictures", "Videos", and the rest on E: drive.

One thing that comes to my mind is a question. Why does it say "app"? Does it think it is an app? If so, why?

Final note: once I click "Cancel" on popup windows shown on the bottom right of above picture, it normally opens selected file as if nothing has happened.

Any ideas?

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deleting/delted shortcuts

Hi,

A desktop shortcut, usually represented by an icon, is a small file that points to a program, folder, document, or Internet location. If you deleted a shortcut from your Windows 10 desktop, you can try to restore them from recycle bin. You can open the recycle
bin, choose files inside and right-click them by choosing “Restore”.

Should you need further assistance, don't hesitate to get back to us.

 

Windows 10 taskbar icon for a shortcut

When an application is run in Windows 10, an icon appears on the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop.

Normally the icon represents the application as you would expect.

However, when I launch an application by double clicking a shortcut on the desktop, the icon in the taskbar appears as the default plain white rectangle with the right corner folded. It is not the expected icon for the shortcut target.

I discovered I can fix this by editing the properties for individual shortcuts and changing the icon by selecting the target 'exe' file. However that would mean manually editing every shortcut. There must be a better solution?

On Windows 7 the task icon for a shortcut is that for the target as you would expect.

 

It seems to be a virus attack.

Run Safe Mode.
Perform a bootable scan, too. Kaspersky Rescue Disk will be a good choice.

See how it goes.

 

This may help after disinfection, see here

 

Well your trying to open a PDF file which has an association with Adobe reader or some 3rd party reader. Check under applications that you has an association set up with a PDF reader. If you do then try to run the app by itself. If it errors there may be a problem with that app.