File associations are toast. (Thanks Picture-It)
There's likely some switches used in the shortcut that you'll need to use, mayhaps CNCDude will have some suggestions. You may need to do a re-install of your CAD program.
First thing I would do is remove ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that's Micro$oft, short of your OS if you're using Windows.
Micro$oft thinks that everyone should make their extensions with Micro$oft naming conventions, and don't play nicely with others that don't. It also gets all p!ssy when you assign a "M$" extension to do something else. For example, I use M$ Outlook, which uses .pst files to hold that mail data. I also use Mastercam, which uses .pst files to post process files. So I changed the system so it would open .pst files with my editor instead of trying to import it or open it in Outlook. It squirmed a bit, but after repeated blows to the CPU with a baseball bat, it finally saw things my way.
Besides, Micro$oft makes some of the most in-secure, bloated, buggy, un-forgiving software I've seen. I've also seen it try and stomp out other programs that are not Micro$oft.
I use (for now) Windows OSs, and the Micro$oft Office suite, and that's IT. I don't use thier browser. I don't use their imaging software, and I don't play thier games.
GL
'Rekd
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