problem with shortcuts

[pimlico]

A lot of my shortcuts have stopped working and my computer seems to freeze a lot. I have done the obvious things and I bought Registry Mechanic which freezes when it gets to shortcuts which is very annoying! I am supposing it must be a corrupt file. I have Vista BTW. This is driving me mad!!!! Any cludes?

[pimlico]

Thanks for that, I'll try it. The Reg Mechanic was a waste of money anyway as it gets stuck!

[pimlico]

I tried all of that and ccleaner certainly made a lot of new space! But the shortcuts still don't work.

[ACtheTROLL]

Tweak Ui will only repair system icons/shortcuts

what happens if you create a new shortcut to an old prog?
(however slow - will it run?)

if you have lots of icons .... read this ... but be careful
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035 _11-5164407.html

a less dangerous method is to create a set of folders (groups) to store your icons in eg
"games", "office", "music" (this is how (and why) your start menu works)

that way the top level only shows a few icons

also ... have you recently installed any
virus protection/firewall software
(when zone alarm is in learning mode ... it freezes progs 'till you OK them - others do the same)
or virus scanner will hold an exe untill it scans it .... older versions of symantec software are notorious for slowing systems down)

[pimlico]

I tried the Tweak thing and m y computer is really running fast now, but the shortcuts still don't work!!!! I did uninstall Symantec and have gone back to the Virgin antivirus/firewall, but U don't know how to OK the porgrams as you suggest. Tell me more.

[ACtheTROLL]

It's just if you have a firewall like zone alarm .... when you start a prog - the firewall asks if you want to allow it to run (to prove you're not a virus)

you click ok

(if you've just changes your protection ... this could well be the problem)