Hi all,

The company i am working for has a web site running using
vb.net, asp.net, ms sql server 2000, and office web
components 10 technologies. One of the features of the
site is to generate excel reports with data coming from
the SQL 2000 server.

Yesterday we noticed that on our server, a file shortcut
to every Excel reports that the site has generated was
created automatically in the root directory. We tried
looking into our source files but couldn't find the
problem. So far all we know is that a shortcut is created
at the instance the report is being generated.

The server is running on windows 2000. I suspect this is
some sort of virus but since our server is heavily
protected (or so they say), I have no idea what else can
cause it. Any kind of help or advice from you all would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

It kind of sounds like that windows got confused. It keeps track of recently
opened files in a dedicated folder (for me in win98, it's c:\windows\recent).

These are the shortcuts that appear when you click on
Windows start button|documents

Jim Rech posted this to a similar question:
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...%40tkmsftngp03

Maybe you can check to see if it's the solution for you.

wrote:

Hi all,

The company i am working for has a web site running using
vb.net, asp.net, ms sql server 2000, and office web
components 10 technologies. One of the features of the
site is to generate excel reports with data coming from
the SQL 2000 server.

Yesterday we noticed that on our server, a file shortcut
to every Excel reports that the site has generated was
created automatically in the root directory. We tried
looking into our source files but couldn't find the
problem. So far all we know is that a shortcut is created
at the instance the report is being generated.

The server is running on windows 2000. I suspect this is
some sort of virus but since our server is heavily
protected (or so they say), I have no idea what else can
cause it. Any kind of help or advice from you all would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

--

Dave Peterson

Dave,

Thanks for your post. I just tried your link and it
didn't seem to be the problem. I looked into the registry
and all looked OK. I even tried to create a new excel
file and then open it, but a shortcut was not created.

Any further help from you all is much appreciated.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
It kind of sounds like that windows got confused. It
keeps track of recently
opened files in a dedicated folder (for me in win98, it's
c:\windows\recent).

These are the shortcuts that appear when you click on
Windows start button|documents

Jim Rech posted this to a similar question:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=%
23sVeGLbfBHA.2232%40tkmsftngp03

Maybe you can check to see if it's the solution for you.

wrote:

Hi all,

The company i am working for has a web site running
using
vb.net, asp.net, ms sql server 2000, and office web
components 10 technologies. One of the features of the
site is to generate excel reports with data coming from
the SQL 2000 server.

Yesterday we noticed that on our server, a file shortcut
to every Excel reports that the site has generated was
created automatically in the root directory. We tried
looking into our source files but couldn't find the
problem. So far all we know is that a shortcut is
created
at the instance the report is being generated.

The server is running on windows 2000. I suspect this
is
some sort of virus but since our server is heavily
protected (or so they say), I have no idea what else can
cause it. Any kind of help or advice from you all would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

--

Dave Peterson

.

Was a shortcut created when you opened an existing file?

If yes, it sounds like Jim's suggestion might be the problem. If no, I'm empty!

wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for your post. I just tried your link and it
didn't seem to be the problem. I looked into the registry
and all looked OK. I even tried to create a new excel
file and then open it, but a shortcut was not created.

Any further help from you all is much appreciated.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
It kind of sounds like that windows got confused. It
keeps track of recently
opened files in a dedicated folder (for me in win98, it's
c:\windows\recent).

These are the shortcuts that appear when you click on
Windows start button|documents

Jim Rech posted this to a similar question:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=%
23sVeGLbfBHA.2232%40tkmsftngp03

Maybe you can check to see if it's the solution for you.

wrote:

Hi all,

The company i am working for has a web site running
using
vb.net, asp.net, ms sql server 2000, and office web
components 10 technologies. One of the features of the
site is to generate excel reports with data coming from
the SQL 2000 server.

Yesterday we noticed that on our server, a file shortcut
to every Excel reports that the site has generated was
created automatically in the root directory. We tried
looking into our source files but couldn't find the
problem. So far all we know is that a shortcut is
created
at the instance the report is being generated.

The server is running on windows 2000. I suspect this
is
some sort of virus but since our server is heavily
protected (or so they say), I have no idea what else can
cause it. Any kind of help or advice from you all would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

--

Dave Peterson

.


--

Dave Peterson

No, and this is a strange thing. I even tried renaming an
excel file and opening it to see if a shortcut was
created, but it wasn't.

Alan
-----Original Message-----
Was a shortcut created when you opened an existing file?

If yes, it sounds like Jim's suggestion might be the
problem. If no, I'm empty!

wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for your post. I just tried your link and it
didn't seem to be the problem. I looked into the
registry
and all looked OK. I even tried to create a new excel
file and then open it, but a shortcut was not created.

Any further help from you all is much appreciated.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
It kind of sounds like that windows got confused. It
keeps track of recently
opened files in a dedicated folder (for me in win98,
it's
c:\windows\recent).

These are the shortcuts that appear when you click on
Windows start button|documents

Jim Rech posted this to a similar question:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=%
23sVeGLbfBHA.2232%40tkmsftngp03

Maybe you can check to see if it's the solution for
you.

wrote:

Hi all,

The company i am working for has a web site running
using
vb.net, asp.net, ms sql server 2000, and office web
components 10 technologies. One of the features of
the
site is to generate excel reports with data coming
from
the SQL 2000 server.

Yesterday we noticed that on our server, a file
shortcut
to every Excel reports that the site has generated
was
created automatically in the root directory. We tried
looking into our source files but couldn't find the
problem. So far all we know is that a shortcut is
created
at the instance the report is being generated.

The server is running on windows 2000. I suspect
this
is
some sort of virus but since our server is heavily
protected (or so they say), I have no idea what else
can
cause it. Any kind of help or advice from you all
would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

--

Dave Peterson

.


--

Dave Peterson

.

Grasping at straws....

What version of excel are you using? In earlier versions, the file has to be
opened via File|open (and maybe saved???) to get it added to the MRU list.

maybe registering excel would help.

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

(I really got nothin' if this doesn't help--and I wouldn't bet money on either.)

Alan wrote:

No, and this is a strange thing. I even tried renaming an
excel file and opening it to see if a shortcut was
created, but it wasn't.

Alan
-----Original Message-----
Was a shortcut created when you opened an existing file?

If yes, it sounds like Jim's suggestion might be the
problem. If no, I'm empty!

wrote:

Dave,

Thanks for your post. I just tried your link and it
didn't seem to be the problem. I looked into the
registry
and all looked OK. I even tried to create a new excel
file and then open it, but a shortcut was not created.

Any further help from you all is much appreciated.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
It kind of sounds like that windows got confused. It
keeps track of recently
opened files in a dedicated folder (for me in win98,
it's
c:\windows\recent).

These are the shortcuts that appear when you click on
Windows start button|documents

Jim Rech posted this to a similar question:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=%
23sVeGLbfBHA.2232%40tkmsftngp03

Maybe you can check to see if it's the solution for
you.

wrote:

Hi all,

The company i am working for has a web site running
using
vb.net, asp.net, ms sql server 2000, and office web
components 10 technologies. One of the features of
the
site is to generate excel reports with data coming
from
the SQL 2000 server.

Yesterday we noticed that on our server, a file
shortcut
to every Excel reports that the site has generated
was
created automatically in the root directory. We tried
looking into our source files but couldn't find the
problem. So far all we know is that a shortcut is
created
at the instance the report is being generated.

The server is running on windows 2000. I suspect
this
is
some sort of virus but since our server is heavily
protected (or so they say), I have no idea what else
can
cause it. Any kind of help or advice from you all
would
be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Alan

--

Dave Peterson

.


--

Dave Peterson

.


--

Dave Peterson