Desktop Shortcut error for NI

[kgambit]

When I try to launch Northern Inferno from the desktop shortcut, I get the following error (see attached picture):

The error message can be closed and the game launched with no problem, so this is not an earth shaking bug but it's the first time I've seen it and it started happening immediately after the upgrade to v1.14.3 build 998.8. It ONLY happens with Northern Inferno shortcut; CoW and SS are just fine.