A shortcut on the Quick Launch bar may not be associated with the correct program (833839)

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date         Time   Version          Size     File name 
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20-Jan-2004  15:08  6.0.2800.1331    921,600  Comctl32.dll
20-Jan-2004  18:08  6.0.2800.1334  8,241,664  Shell32.dll 
20-Jan-2004  18:08  5.1.2600.1331    680,448  Sxs.dll 
19-Jan-2004  23:08  5.1.2600.1333    586,752  Xpsp2res.dll

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to reproduce the problem

If the Show Desktop, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player icons are not already in the Quick Launch bar, add them now so that these icons appear from left to right.
Create two shortcuts to folders, and then drag them to the Quick Launch bar.

After you complete this step, the icons in the Quick Launch bar are Show Desktop, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, the first folder shortcut, and the second folder shortcut.
Drag the icon for the first folder shortcut to the left in the Quick Launch bar so that it appears immediately to the left of the icon for Windows Media Player.

After you complete this step, the icons in the Quick Launch bar are Show Desktop, Internet Explorer, the first folder shortcut, Windows Media Player, and the second folder shortcut.
Drag a .txt file to each of the Quick Launch bar shortcuts.

When you drag a .txt file to the icon of the first folder shortcut, Windows tries to open the .txt file in Windows Media Player.

For additional information about the terminology that is used in this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates