Many times Windows users face strange problem like Desktop shortcuts are broken, icons are not showing properly, time is incorrect in system tray, etc.
Microsoft has released a new Fixit which automatically detects and fixes common maintenance problems such as broken desktop shortcuts, unused icons, disk volume errors, and incorrect system time display.
What it fixes:
- Problems with desktop shortcuts and icons
- Shortcuts on the desktop don't work or are broken
- Desktop icons are broken or have not been used in 3 months
- Startup items don't work or are broken
- System maintenance tasks
- Free up disk space by repairing disk volume errors such as bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files and directory errors
- Free up disk space by removing error reports and troubleshooting history older than 1 month
- Set the correct system time and synchronize system clock with the time server
- You receive the following errors:
- Windows update error 0x80072F8F
- The item that this shortcut refers to has been deleted
You can download the Fixit using following link:
Thanks to our friend "Rob Margel" for sharing it...
This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista.
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Kwame
great tool...wil find some use 4 it
miftah
hi VG, it's show me error message :
"this troubleshooter does not apply to your system"
We're sorry, but this troubleshooter is not compatible with your current system's configuration.
OS : Win XP SP3, something wrong ?
VG
^^ It seems it doesnt support XP.
soldier
can you make a category for fixes please that are sorted by os?