Desktop shortcuts go to wrong url.

**Romeo Hotel** · 07 Oct 2017

Hello, Opera is my default browser. Recently my desktop shortcuts will not open.
If I double click on BBC Home News for example I am taken to file:///C:/Users/Romeo/Desktop/BBC%20News%20-%20Home.URL. ( Not Home - BBC News.
I just get a white page with a typewritten message which says -
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
IDList=
HotKey=0
IconFile=C:\Users\Romeo\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\np0rt41x.default\shortcutCache\6s6g03 BdA9Caax2YNU7ZOw==.ico
IconIndex=0 Any ideas/suggestions welcome thanks.

**Caledon Ken** · 07 Oct 2017

Hi Romeo Hotel. Welcome to the TenForums @Romeo Hotel

If you delete icon and re-create do you get same effect.

Recently did you do any kind of data moves, like from C: to D: or another partition?

Interesting you use Opera but it is grabbing iconfile from Firefox.

Have you tried clearing Opera's cached information, cookies, temporary pages, history, etc.

Ken

**Romeo Hotel** · 08 Oct 2017

Hello Ken, thank you for your interest in my problem. I tried deleting and recreating the icon, but got the same result.
I also cleaned Opera's cache as you suggested but that did not help.
I did do something recently on my desktop, but cannot be sure what it was. It was something like right clicking on
the icon brought up a query along the lines of "do you want to always do this", but I can't be sure. What I do know is all the shortcuts
on my desktop suddenly changed to the opera "O".
I have been experimenting and have found that if I add a website to Opera's bookmark bar it works fine, but if I drag same bookmark onto my desktop and try to open it from there a blank page opens with this message-
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

Do you think that maybe the desktop is corrupted in some way? R.

**Caledon Ken** · 08 Oct 2017

I think you have to concentrated on the "Always do this" comment you made. Great that you remember this and the fact that they all change to "O". I think this is the cause. Now we need to find solution.

Have to find where this stored.

**Caledon Ken** · 08 Oct 2017

If you Start => Settings => Apps => down the left default apps.

When this open look for Choose default by file type.

Scroll down to .lnk files. My default is blank, what is yours?

**Romeo Hotel** · 08 Oct 2017

It says "Choose a Default"

**Caledon Ken** · 08 Oct 2017

Darn, that is what mine says.

Do you remember what you right click on.

One possible route back is a System Restore. Is it enable in your system?

**Caledon Ken** · 08 Oct 2017

I would add, could you do the same process you did before for .lnk file types but this time look for .url

Mine says Internet Browser as default.

**Romeo Hotel** · 08 Oct 2017

I cannot remember exactly what I right clicked on, but I am sure I was trying to open a shortcut.
I have tried system restore on two different dates, both were unable to complete and changed nothing.

**Romeo Hotel** · 08 Oct 2017

Got there eventually, it's like at the airport it is always the last gate.

Default Url is Opera.

Desktop shortcuts go to wrong url.

Desktop shortcuts go to wrong url.

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