All desktop shortcut not working

[ncp]

My all desktop shortcut is not working. There may be some problem witk link file extention OR may be some hey keys are missing. I am also not able to install any new software.
Sometime error message displays "windows installer service not active"
Please help me.

 

[Jody Thornton]

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

Go here for a whole host of registry files that repair associations to certain extensions. Usually an infection causes this type of issue (but not always)

 

[Jody Thornton]

This is the very reg file that you want:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/linkfile_fix.zip