ususual problem with shortcuts

D/L google chrome, used once, and didn't like it.... removed the program and went back to IE9 as my default browser .. since then, none of my shortcuts work on my desktop - I get the error message: "Unable to open Internet Shortcut - the Protocol "Https" does not have a registered program".

I deleted a shortcut, and created a new one, and got the same message ....


Any help ??