I am having a problem with the shortcuts on my desktop. They all have the same icon image and when I click on them they all go to the same place. For example, the icon could say Itunes and it will go to Windows Media Player. Then I could have one that says Adobe Reader, but when I click on it, it also goes to Windows Media Player. All of my icons are going to Windows Media Player, and it did not do that before. Please help=)
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