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Recent content by RedLetterDayMan

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    Desktop files on C: Drive have been turned into .LNKs

    I don't believe I had a restore point for it
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    Desktop files on C: Drive have been turned into .LNKs

    I thought so, but the files inside the ZIP itself are shortcuts, so extracting them just makes them return as shortcuts.
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    Desktop files on C: Drive have been turned into .LNKs

    I just checked one drive. Didn't find the files. It's strange that it's only affecting a handful of files. Originally I just had some pictures, other random documents on my desktop that I just moved into a ZIP. Everything worked as intended and I moved the zip to another drive. Some time later I...
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    Desktop files on C: Drive have been turned into .LNKs

    I have no idea honestly, I remember just sticking them in a ZIP to get em out of the way, everything was fine, files worked as intented. Couple days later they were all shortcuts inside the ZIP.
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    Desktop files on C: Drive have been turned into .LNKs

    So far i've tried editing the registry, using Malwarebytes pro to see if there been an infection, I've tried using command prompt as it was shown in a youtube video. Some of the files are fine, where others are not. I mostly had a collection of images and TXT files that I had on my desktop which...
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    Desktop files on C: Drive have been turned into .LNKs

    The title explains my issue well enough, however I believe my issue is more complicated than it seems. I've tried about every other fix on the net for this, and yet, my files till remain as shortcut.LNKs I've tried about 4 different fixes now, to no avail. Last resort is file recovery...
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