Microsoft Releases Fixit to Automatically Diagnose and Fix Broken Desktop Shortcuts, Icons, System Time and Common System Maintenance Problems

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:
Download Link

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