All shortcut icons changed to Internet Explorer Icon

Steps to recover back all original icons:
  • Open run command by pressing windows key (windows logo) and R together.
  • Type “regedit” and press enter.
  • Browse the computer system registry into
  • “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.lnk” (It may take time to reach there, so be patient)
  • Delete all subfolders under “.lnk” directory  but please never ever  delete the “.lnk” folder.
  • Close registry editor (regedit).
  • The shortcuts on your desktop will still not work now although clicking on it will work fine. So better reboor your system.
Bingo! You are done. You solved a mystery case here. Now say me thanks with your comments

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