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Firefox Shortcuts no Longer Work?? Broken by Update?
Hi all. Firefox was working ten minutes ago, but clicking on the task bar and start menu shortcuts now results in a message that the application can no longer be found.
According to Windows settings 'add and remove programs' it's still there.
It seems possible that the recent Windows update troubles are implicated in the problem...
I can't report the exact phrasing of the messages as the shortcuts themselves disappeared (??) after a few attempts.
Needless to say I didn't remove the shortcuts or alter anything in Firefox. (other than several days ago to set embedded videos on web pages not to auto play)
The Windows 10 Pro 1803 update installed last week but wouldn't reboot. Windows seemed to revert to 1709 and testing using the system file checker etc as kindly advised here checked out 100%. Windows update history was reset as also advised using the Brinks .bat file tutorial method as it was messed up.
Updates were set using Group Policy Editor to require permission to both download, and to install. (Win 10 Pro)
The only known event that may have triggered this shortcut problem was that Windows offered a small update shortly before the problem arose which I (perhaps foolishly) let download because it wasn't the biggie that caused the last. It seemed to run, but isn't showing in the update history....
Can anybody advise what's happening, how to fix it and whether there's possibly anything nasty going on like malware please?
There's various shortcuts, log ins etc saved with the current Firefox install which it'd be good to keep.
Searching the web brings up various cryptic and less than comprehensive threads describing similar events (which imply that the same problem may affect other apps), but mostly in connection with Win 7...