[How To] Clean Broken Shortcuts In Windows 7

Broken Shortcuts are often found after you uninstall a program or delete some file from your system. Broken shortcuts can sometimes irritate you and slow down your system if they are present in large numbers. The Windows server 2003 resource kit has an useful utility in it called Chklnks.exe, which can help you clean all broken shortcuts from your system. You do not need to install the program for it to work, its portable. The program scans your system for Broken shortcuts and will then display a list of broken shortcuts in your system and then give you the option to select and delete all the shortcuts from your system in one shot.


I frequently use this program to scan for broken shortcuts in my system. I'm pretty sure almost all will be having some broken shortcuts in your system. The utility is very small and as I said above its portable. It runs on Windows XP, Vista and 7. The size of the application is just 355 KB, which will be very handy for you. You don't need to download the entire resource pack, the Chklnks.exe tool is extracted and available for download here.

Now lets have a look at some screenshots which illustrates how the tool works:

When you start the program it will show up like the screen below :

Click the Next button to start scanning your system for broken shortcuts, the utility will scan your system and then display the results after some time.

Now, you can select all the broken shortcuts listed and the application will delete all of them in one click.

Link : Chklnks.exe , Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit 

Have you tried the application ? What are your views on it ?Which Program do you use to clean broken shortcuts on your system ? Do share with us by dropping your comments below.

Labels : How To Guides, Maintenance, Windows, Windows 7   | Posted by Sahil Patel   | 12:09