The links in files that have the shortcut arrows attached to the icon for the file are not working in my school assignments.
2006-11-03 02:10:11 · 4 answers · asked by Morgan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It means that the icon in question is a `shortcut' to a particular program (easily identified by the graphical display of the icon).. if the links to the files (target) are not working, most probably the executive in question has got corrupted.. uninstall that programme.. the icon should be gone too.. if not, delete it manually.. then reinstall the programme.. it should now work.. one very rare chance.. has someone made a screen-grab of your desktop and used the same as the background?
2006-11-03 02:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by guruji9x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is embeded graphics and such that are in your documents like an embeded pic or what have you that instead of being placed in the file only refernce as pic outside of the file then it means that the file is no longer reachable such as the path has changed to the file. If your pic in question was lets say on your desktop at home and you are logged in as User and at school you are as Jack.Doe then the path will be differant as the 2 desktops are differant. The desktop folder is actually located on 2000 and XP under c:\documents and settings\username\desktop\file.jpg Any change in the username will break the link and cause the referance to not work.
2006-11-03 02:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by rdbn7734 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "arrows are exactly what you said,"symbols" they are only "short-cuts" to a file,they are not files themselves.You can go to the original file in its folder,right click on it and choose "send short-cut to desktop" and it will create a sort-cut for you, on your desktop,so you can erase old "short-cuts" that don't work.
2006-11-03 02:24:08 · answer #3 · answered by zinc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that its a shortcut that leads to the file itself
2006-11-03 02:16:10 · answer #4 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋