Desktop short cuts report error messages

Greetings,

 

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium with a relatively new and fast PC.  Until recently Windows 7 has been running welland then all of sudden an irritating thing began happening and that is that some of my program launching shortcuts on my PC desktop report an error message that looks like this: 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Open File - Security Warning

 

We can't verify who created this file.  Are you sure you want to

open this file?

 

Name: ... s\Stan\Favorites\Desktop\ ....l

Type:     Shortcut

From:     C:\Users\Stan\Favorites\Desktop\...

 

       [Open]          [Cancel]

(Picture of shield w X thru it)  This file is in a location outside your local network.  Files from

                                                locations you don't recognize can harm your PC.  Only open this file

                                                if you trust the location.   What's the risk?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

When I click [Open] on the message to continue the launch of the program, the program(s) launches without problems.   By the way, only one of the programs immediately accesses the internet ... the usual suspect for the generation of warning messages ... and that's my browser program.  As for the "local network", I have a small Ethernet LAN in my home which connects to two other PCs.

 

Can anyone offer me some suggestions about what may be causing this and how I can fix this problem?

 

Thanks in advance for any help,

 

Stan

 

 

 

Answer
Answer

Kylan,

 

    More about a fix for desktop shortcuts that issue warnings about some shortcuts being a security risk.  In my first reply to you I told you that I got around this problem by switching to Fire Fox for my browser.   Well today I kind of stumbled on a real fix for this problem.   Since my wife had her I.E. Explorer upgraded to 10 about a month at the same time she had the HD replaced, she has been plagued with slow launches of web pages, slow downloads, etc. etc.   When she contacted our ISP about this the tech had her reset the settings of Explorer to default and her PC ... as far internet access speed goes ... became a race car.

     On a hunch, I tried the same thing with my PC and bingo, the shortcut warning messages went away.  

     Here's what I did with my winders 7.   I opened Explorer, found and opened Tools on the top menu bar and launched Internet Options.   I then clicked the Advanced tab and then found "Reset Internet Explorer settings to their DEFAULt condition."    I then lastly clicked the [Reset] button for this.   THAT WAS IT.

     Hope this works for you.  (I have empathy for you an I.T. guy because I once had that job too)

 

Sincerely,

 

Stan Maer

 

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Last updated August 22, 2018 Views 14,774 Applies to: