Desktop shortcut icons not working

It is sometimes possible for desktop shortcuts to stop working if they have not been used in a long time, or if the file/application they are linking to has been moved or deleted.

A new Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting package can diagnose common problems which may be affecting your desktop icons, along with other common system maintenance issues (including freeing up disk space and Windows Update errors) and automatically fix them for you!

Fix desktop icons which are not working