Thanks for this.; I have downloaded the suggested file on another computer (since I can no longer access the internet). When I transfer the file to the broken laptop via a SD card and open it I get the message.
Raymond, you saved my life! I am on social security and don’t have a lot of money, so when I got the problem of all my.EXE files turned to.LNK, and I couldn’t open anything but My Documents and Internet Explorer, I thought I was going to need to spend a small fortune to get the problem fixed.
Double-clicking a.url file (Website shortcut) always launches it using the default browser. But, there are situations where you need to open different website shortcuts in different browsers. By adding browser choices to the right-click menu for.url files, you can choose a non-default web browser from the list.

File Explorer Default View
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But even if you ask Windows to show all file extensions by disabling the above mentioned option in Folder Options, there are still a few system reserved file extensions which are not shown in Windows Explorer. These file extensions include LNK (file shortcuts), URL (Internet shortcuts), PIF (DOS shortcuts), etc.

Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Baazigar movie. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used in other programs.

Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt	Displays the File/Edit/View menu bar at the top.
Alt+Left Arrow	Back a page.
Backspace	Back a page.
Alt+Right Arrow	Forward a page.
F5	Refresh current page, frame, or tab.
F11	Display the current website in fullscreen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc	Stop page or download from loading.
Ctrl+(- or +)	Increase or decrease the font size. Pressing '-' decreases and '+' increases.
Ctrl+Enter	Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com.
Ctrl+D	Add a favorite for the page currently opened.
Ctrl+I	Display available bookmarks.
Ctrl+N	Open New browser window.
Ctrl+P	Print current page or frame.
Ctrl+T	Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+U	Open debugger to view a web page's source code.
Ctrl+F4	Closes the currently selected tab.
Ctrl+Tab	Moves through each of the open tabs.
Spacebar	Moves down a page at a time.
Shift+Spacebar	Moves up a page at a time.
Alt+Down arrow	Display all previous text entered in a text box or available options on drop-down menu.
Alt+D	Highlights the text in the address bar.

Additional information

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Note

Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.

Summary

This article describes how to prevent files from automatically opening when you start Microsoft Excel.

More information

When you start Excel, all the files that are located in the XLStart folder are automatically opened. This behavior occurs regardless of the kind of file. Additionally, if you specified an alternative startup folder for Excel, every file in that folder is also automatically opened.To remove an alternative startup folder:

Select the File menu and then select Options.
Select the Advanced tab and then locate the General section.
Clear the box next to 'At startup, open all files in:'.

Excel might stop responding or take longer to start if either of the following conditions is true:

The files in either startup folder aren't valid Excel workbooks or worksheets.
The files are stored on a network drive that has a slow network connection.

How to prevent files from automatically opening in Excel

Use one of the following methods to prevent files from automatically opening when you start Excel.

Remove files from the XLStart folder and the alternative startup folders

To remove files from the XLStart folder and the alternative startup folders, follow these steps:

Select Start, and then select Run.
In the Open box, type one of the following and press Enter:
- For Office365 or 2019 32 bit:
  C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficerootxxXLSTART
- For Office365 or 2019 64 bit:
  C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficerootxxXLSTART
  Where 'xx' represents the version that you are using (for example, Office15, Office14, etc.).
B series intranet search. Also try the following:
- %appdata%MicrosoftexcelXLSTART
- C:UsersUserNameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftexcelXLSTART
Delete any files in the XLStart folder or move them to another folder.
Restart Excel.

Start Excel in safe mode

Note

This is only a temporary solution that will not fix the issue. To use this method, it must be done every time that you start Excel.

Another method for preventing files from automatically opening is to start Excel in safe mode. Starting Excel in safe mode prevents all Excel add-ins, toolbar customizations, and startup folders from loading when the program is started.

There are two ways to start Excel in safe mode: the CTRL key and command-line switches.

Using the CTRL key

To start Excel in safe mode, hold down the CTRL key while you start Excel. You will receive the following message: Excel has detected that you are holding down the CTRL key. Do you want to start Excel in Safe mode? Select Yes to start in safe mode.

You can then delete files from the alternative startup location as described earlier.

Use Command-line switches

In all versions of Excel, you can use a command-line switch to start Excel in safe mode.Both the /safe switch and the /automation switch can be used for this purpose.

Note

The /safe switch starts Excel in safe mode. The /automation switch disables all automatically opened files and auto-run macros.

To use a command-line switch to start Excel, follow these steps:

Select Start, and then select Run.
In the Open box, type either of the following lines (but not both):
excel.exe /safe
excel.exe /automation
Select OK.

Note

If Microsoft Windows Installer starts when you use one of these command-lines switches, clickCancel to finish starting Excel.

Press the ESCAPE key

Note

This is only a temporary solution that will not fix the issue. To use this method, it must be done every time that you start Excel.

Another method for preventing files from automatically opening is to press the ESCAPE key (but do not press and hold). When you press ESCAPE after the files start to open, Excel is prevented from opening additional files.

Using this method, you may receive one or both of the following messages:

Would you like to cancel opening all files from your Alternate Startup File Location?
Would you like to cancel opening all files from your XLStart Location?

If you click Yes in either message, Excel starts without opening any additional files from the startup locations.

Note

Do not hold the ESCAPE key. If you do this, the messages will be closed

Lnk Files Open With Internet Explorer