by leateds

Question by combustion: Windows 7 “the item ****.exe that this shortcut refers to has been changed or removed”?
I was uninstalling Sony Vegas Pro when seconds later, most program icons on my start menu (I don’t have desktop icons) turn into an icon of a page with a pop-up window in the middle. When I go to open the programs, it says that the shortcut has been changed/removed and will no longer work properly. I looked online, on forums, Microsoft website, but either I cannot find anything, or the only solution I found was that I do a system recovery. I’m not sure if I backed my system up but if I did, a lot of the programs I currently have will be deleted. I don’t have any virus, malware, whatever, I did a full scan and it came clean. I tried going to the program directly in their folders but the program is not inside, just the help manual, language, etc.

Any solutions or ideas? Thank you very much!
How can I be more specific? The programs affected were in no way related to Sony Vegas. Adobe
(anything but PDF), Audactity, Skype….My problems is that I want the programs back so I can use them.

Best answer:

Answer by Demiurge
Well were the icons related to the game or program? If so just right click them and select unpin if you are running windows 7. You need to be more specific because what your clicking on has been removed from your computer but somehow in someway it seems it did not remove the Icons.

How did you remove it? By deleting a folder or add / remove programs in control panel?

I’m trying to help you. Are you talking about Icons on the start menu?

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