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.