[goodwиn]

1. Из рекомендаций только попробовал сброс настроек. Не помогло.
2. такого раздела реестра не обнаружил.
3.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.url

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url]
@="InternetShortcut"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\PersistentHandler]
@="{8CD34779-9F10-4f9b-ADFB-B3FAEABDAB5A}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\ShellEx\{CABB0DA0-DA57-11CF-9974-0020AFD79762}]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.url\ShellEx\{FBF23B80-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

InternetShortcut

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut]
@="Ярлык Интернета"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000002
"IsShortcut"=""
"NeverShowExt"=""
"FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ieframe.dll.mui,-10046"
"FullDetails"="prop:System.Link.TargetUrl;System.Rating;System.Link.Description;System.Link.Comm ent"
"InfoTip"="prop:System.Link.TargetUrl;System.Rating;System.Link.Description;System.Link.Comment"
"PreviewDetails"="prop:System.Link.TargetUrl;System.Rating;System.History.VisitCount;System.History. DateChanged;System.Link.DateVisited;System.Link.Description;System.Link.Comment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\CLSID]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,75,00,72,00,\
6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell]
"CLSID"="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open]
"CLSID"="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ieframe.dll\",OpenURL %l"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\print\command]
@="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\mshtml.dll\",PrintHTML \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\printto\command]
@="\"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\mshtml.dll\",PrintHTML \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\IconHandler]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\PropertyHandler]
@="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}]
@=""

PS. Попробовал сейчас. Обходной путь не помогает. Странно.