When I select an entry from the XP Favorites list the printer dialog box opens. This affects many of the entries. Any ideas, please?

Alistair C Beaton

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Further information.

The Favorites folder on my laptop is corrupted. All entries, when selected, bring 
up the printer dialog. I have checked the folder properties against my desktop PC 
and they are identical. I have exported the contents of the folder to a "Bookmarks.htm" 
folder and checked the URL's. Everything appears OK and selecting an entry takes 
me to the correct website. Importing the bookmarks back into the folder restores 
the error situation.

I was subjected to a severe spam attack about a week ago and have been very active 
identifying viruses and spyware and getting rid of them. I suspect that in the process 
I have deleted a key file but an attempt to repair Windows has not helped the situation.



Alistair C Beaton




On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 12:30 am, Alistair Beaton wrote:

>When I select an entry from the XP Favorites list the printer dialog box opens. 
This 

>affects many of the entries. Any ideas, please? 

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ZoneAlarm shows that selecting any internet shortcut on my laptop launches spoolsv.exe.



Alistair C Beaton




On Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 12:55 am, Alistair Beaton wrote:

>Further information.

>

>The Favorites folder on my laptop is corrupted. All entries, when selected, bring 

>up the printer dialog. I have checked the folder properties against my desktop PC 

>and they are identical. I have exported the contents of the folder to a "Bookmarks.htm" 

>folder and checked the URL's. Everything appears OK and selecting an entry takes 

>me to the correct website. Importing the bookmarks back into the folder restores 

>the error situation.

>

>I was subjected to a severe spam attack about a week ago and have been very active 

>identifying viruses and spyware and getting rid of them. I suspect that in the process 

>I have deleted a key file but an attempt to repair Windows has not helped the situation.

>

>

>

>
Alistair C Beaton 

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Solution: I found the answer at Experts Exchange, which pointed me to this URL: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/internetshortcut.htm. The first suggested action worked.

Alistair C Beaton


On Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 2:26 pm, Alistair Beaton wrote:
>ZoneAlarm shows that selecting any internet shortcut on my laptop launches spoolsv.exe.
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Alistair C Beaton

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