I uninstalled a Microsoft windows office trial and now my shortcuts won't work, I can't start the programs from their file folders either. Control panel is out. I get a message that says this is a file that cannot be opened on everything. I can't install or uninstall anything. I can download, I can get into my computer files and I have the Internet but that's all.

What can I do? I have an emachine and windows xp. emachine has a restore cd, I did a simple restore and it didn't help, should I do a total restore and start from scratch?

Is it just the office shortcuts that are not working? How did you do the un-install of Office?

I uninstalled with a uninstall link. None of my shortcuts are working.

hmmm, can you right click on the actual program, or text file etc and open it?

if all else fails you should run a virus scan

sometimes microsoft uninstalls go bad, if you go to the microsoft site, they have an uninstall cleaner, which may help, i will try to find it and post a link

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