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cannot open one file type from desktop icons
I have two links on my desktop to .xlsx files which used to open normally will excel. When I click the file in its original location it opens normally but from the desktop i get the following error message.
No shortcuts other then .xlxs are affected and there are no macros in the files. I have links to other MS office documents and they all work. Indeed this used to work for me. I could get around it by using the open with command but now that doesnt work either - even when I try to open in a third part xlsx compatible software programme. Even if I put a shortcut in the same folder as the file itself I still get the message. However if I double click the original xlxs file it opens in excel perfectly normally.
For the moment I just right click the shortcut select go to file location and open there but it defeats the purpose of the shortcut so would like to fix it somehow
I tried going to system policies both with my normal account (which is an admin account) and by using the built in admin account but could not spot any obvious rule that might have caused this - no listings under software rules at all. This is really puzzling me