I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I found, when I
first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font to a size to more than the
five sizes then possible with IE6.
I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
*Add/Remove Windows components.
A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed it. It
seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of Firefox, but for
all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so I *un installed* IE7.
Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the url at the top of a web page to
my desktop I get an IE icon (shortcut) rather than a Firefox one.
If I go to Properties>Change Icon I gear a choice of three FF icons to
choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the IE Icon. I
can find no way to change this behaviour.

I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after uninstalling
Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I restarted and Installed
the new Firefox.

All to no avail though.:-((

I really don't know what else to try.

|zulu|

Replied to [zulu]s message :
> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I found, when I
> first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font to a size to more than the
> five sizes then possible with IE6.
> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
> *Add/Remove Windows components.
> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed it. It
> seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of Firefox, but for
> all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so I *un installed* IE7.
> Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the url at the top of a web page to
> my desktop I get an IE icon (shortcut) rather than a Firefox one.
> If I go to Properties>Change Icon I gear a choice of three FF icons to
> choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the IE Icon. I
> can find no way to change this behaviour.
>
> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after uninstalling
> Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I restarted and Installed
> the new Firefox.
>
> All to no avail though.:-((
>
> I really don't know what else to try.
>
> |zulu|
>
>

What's here :
Start-Run-Regedit :
[HKCR\url\] Default
AND
[HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default

HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

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"Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I found, when
>> I first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font to a size to more
>> than the five sizes then possible with IE6.
>> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
>> *Add/Remove Windows components.
>> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed it. It
>> seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of Firefox, but for
>> all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so I *un installed* IE7.
>> Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the url at the top of a web page
>> to my desktop I get an IE icon (shortcut) rather than a Firefox one.
>> If I go to Properties>Change Icon I gear a choice of three FF icons to
>> choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the IE Icon.
>> I can find no way to change this behaviour.
>>
>> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after uninstalling
>> Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I restarted and
>> Installed the new Firefox.
>>
>> All to no avail though.:-((
>>
>> I really don't know what else to try.
>>
>> |zulu|
>>
>>
>
> What's here :
> Start-Run-Regedit :
> [HKCR\url\] Default
> AND
> [HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default
>
> HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>
> --

Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those terms

I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture there as I
am almost blind.
I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>

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¦zulu¦

zulu wrote:
> "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>>> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I found,
>>> when I first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font to a size
>>> to more than the five sizes then possible with IE6.
>>> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
>>> *Add/Remove Windows components.
>>> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed
>>> it. It seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of
>>> Firefox, but for all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so I
>>> *un installed* IE7. Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the url
>>> at the top of a web page to my desktop I get an IE icon (shortcut)
>>> rather than a Firefox one. If I go to Properties>Change Icon I gear a
>>> choice of three FF icons
>>> to choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the
>>> IE Icon. I can find no way to change this behaviour.
>>>
>>> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after
>>> uninstalling Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I
>>> restarted and Installed the new Firefox.
>>>
>>> All to no avail though.:-((
>>>
>>> I really don't know what else to try.
>>>
>>>> zulu|
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What's here :
>> Start-Run-Regedit :
>> [HKCR\url\] Default
>> AND
>> [HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default
>>
>> HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>>
>> --
>
> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those
> terms
> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture there
> as I am almost blind.
> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>

Can you run System Restore back to before your system got infected with the
I.E. 7 Plague?

"Cliff Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> zulu wrote:
>> "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>>>> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I found,
>>>> when I first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font to a size
>>>> to more than the five sizes then possible with IE6.
>>>> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
>>>> *Add/Remove Windows components.
>>>> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed
>>>> it. It seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of
>>>> Firefox, but for all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so I
>>>> *un installed* IE7. Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the url
>>>> at the top of a web page to my desktop I get an IE icon (shortcut)
>>>> rather than a Firefox one. If I go to Properties>Change Icon I gear a
>>>> choice of three FF icons
>>>> to choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the
>>>> IE Icon. I can find no way to change this behaviour.
>>>>
>>>> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after
>>>> uninstalling Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I
>>>> restarted and Installed the new Firefox.
>>>>
>>>> All to no avail though.:-((
>>>>
>>>> I really don't know what else to try.
>>>>
>>>>> zulu|
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> What's here :
>>> Start-Run-Regedit :
>>> [HKCR\url\] Default
>>> AND
>>> [HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default
>>>
>>> HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those
>> terms
>> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture there
>> as I am almost blind.
>> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>
>
> Can you run System Restore back to before your system got infected with
> the I.E. 7 Plague?
>

I can't go back that far now :-(((

<rant>
Why on earth can't one permanently save known _good_ Restore Points!
<rant>
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¦zulu¦

zulu wrote:
> "Cliff Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> zulu wrote:
>>> "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>>>>> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I
>>>>> found, when I first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font
>>>>> to a size to more than the five sizes then possible with IE6.
>>>>> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
>>>>> *Add/Remove Windows components.
>>>>> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed
>>>>> it. It seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of
>>>>> Firefox, but for all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so
>>>>> I *un installed* IE7. Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the
>>>>> url at the top of a web page to my desktop I get an IE icon
>>>>> (shortcut) rather than a Firefox one. If I go to
>>>>> Properties>Change Icon I gear a choice of three FF icons
>>>>> to choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the
>>>>> IE Icon. I can find no way to change this behaviour.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after
>>>>> uninstalling Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I
>>>>> restarted and Installed the new Firefox.
>>>>>
>>>>> All to no avail though.:-((
>>>>>
>>>>> I really don't know what else to try.
>>>>>
>>>>>> zulu|
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What's here :
>>>> Start-Run-Regedit :
>>>> [HKCR\url\] Default
>>>> AND
>>>> [HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default
>>>>
>>>> HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those
>>> terms
>>> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture
>>> there as I am almost blind.
>>> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>
>>
>> Can you run System Restore back to before your system got infected
>> with the I.E. 7 Plague?
>>
>
> I can't go back that far now :-(((
>
> <rant>
> Why on earth can't one permanently save known _good_ Restore Points!
> <rant>

Is it that you can not even run System Restore or you do not have a recent
restore point that you would like to use? I was infected by the I.E. 7
Plague at my last windows undated and after removing it I am still feeling
the pain.

I have become accustomed to making sure I create restore points manually if
I feel exporting keys are not good enough. I also make an image of the drive
just before I do something that really scares me. I burn an image once a
month anyway just in case and have had more than one occasion to use it.

Better have a restore disk handy also even if you think you will only be
doing something as simple as backing up O.E.

Replied to [zulu]s message :

> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those terms
>
> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture there as I
> am almost blind.
> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>
>


Click Start > Run > Copy/Paste this [THIS iS oNE LINE, turn off wordwrap]:
cmd /c (reg query "HKCR\.url" /s & reg query "HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon" /s)
> C:\PostThiS.txt

then post the contents of "C:\PostThiS.txt"

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"Cliff Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> zulu wrote:
>> "Cliff Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> zulu wrote:
>>>> "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>>>>>> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I
>>>>>> found, when I first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font
>>>>>> to a size to more than the five sizes then possible with IE6.
>>>>>> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6 via
>>>>>> *Add/Remove Windows components.
>>>>>> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and installed
>>>>>> it. It seems to me that M$ have copied all the best features of
>>>>>> Firefox, but for all that I decided I still preferred Firefox, so
>>>>>> I *un installed* IE7. Now, if I drag the icon at the start of the
>>>>>> url at the top of a web page to my desktop I get an IE icon
>>>>>> (shortcut) rather than a Firefox one. If I go to
>>>>>> Properties>Change Icon I gear a choice of three FF icons
>>>>>> to choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get? the
>>>>>> IE Icon. I can find no way to change this behaviour.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after
>>>>>> uninstalling Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled, I
>>>>>> restarted and Installed the new Firefox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All to no avail though.:-((
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really don't know what else to try.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> zulu|
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What's here :
>>>>> Start-Run-Regedit :
>>>>> [HKCR\url\] Default
>>>>> AND
>>>>> [HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default
>>>>>
>>>>> HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those
>>>> terms
>>>> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture
>>>> there as I am almost blind.
>>>> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>
>>>
>>> Can you run System Restore back to before your system got infected
>>> with the I.E. 7 Plague?
>>>
>>
>> I can't go back that far now :-(((
>>
>> <rant>
>> Why on earth can't one permanently save known _good_ Restore Points!
>> <rant>
>
> Is it that you can not even run System Restore or you do not have a recent
> restore point that you would like to use? I was infected by the I.E. 7
> Plague at my last windows undated and after removing it I am still feeling
> the pain.
>
> I have become accustomed to making sure I create restore points manually
> if I feel exporting keys are not good enough. I also make an image of the
> drive just before I do something that really scares me. I burn an image
> once a month anyway just in case and have had more than one occasion to
> use it.
>
> Better have a restore disk handy also even if you think you will only be
> doing something as simple as backing up O.E.
>

I can SR ok. but the dozen or so points that I have are all after IE7
install.

As for disc images and all that, I haven't a clue.

A lot of stuff that I should do doesn't get done because the <deleted> folk
thay wrote the software couldn't imagine soneone not being able to read thhe
small print...
This is why I dare not attempt a reinstall. :-(((

--
¦zulu¦

"Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
news:ePdY$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>
>> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for those terms
>>
>> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture there as
>> I am almost blind.
>> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>
>>
>
>
> Click Start > Run > Copy/Paste this [THIS iS oNE LINE, turn off wordwrap]:
> cmd /c (reg query "HKCR\.url" /s & reg query
> "HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon" /s)
> > C:\PostThiS.txt
>
> then post the contents of "C:\PostThiS.txt"
>
> --


Zilch
C:\PostThiS.txt never happened/does not exist
I tried 3 times
Sorry

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zulu wrote:
> "Cliff Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> zulu wrote:
>>> "Cliff Wild" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> zulu wrote:
>>>>> "Ayush" <"ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com"> wrote in message
>>>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>> Replied to [zulu]s message :
>>>>>>> I have been happily using Firefox for quite a long time as I
>>>>>>> found, when I first tried it, that I could ctrl/scroll the font
>>>>>>> to a size to more than the five sizes then possible with IE6.
>>>>>>> I had, in fact *uninstalled* (disabled really, I suspect) IE6
>>>>>>> via *Add/Remove Windows components.
>>>>>>> A few weeks ago I decided to try IE7 and downloaded and
>>>>>>> installed it. It seems to me that M$ have copied all the best
>>>>>>> features of Firefox, but for all that I decided I still
>>>>>>> preferred Firefox, so I *un installed* IE7. Now, if I drag the
>>>>>>> icon at the start of the url at the top of a web page to my
>>>>>>> desktop I get an IE icon (shortcut) rather than a Firefox one.
>>>>>>> If I go to Properties>Change Icon I gear a choice of three FF
>>>>>>> icons to choose from. Pick any one, apply and OK and what do we get?
>>>>>>> the IE Icon. I can find no way to change this behaviour.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have just downloaded a fresh copy of Firefox 2, and after
>>>>>>> uninstalling Firefox and checking that IE is still uninstalled,
>>>>>>> I restarted and Installed the new Firefox.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All to no avail though.:-((
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I really don't know what else to try.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> zulu|
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's here :
>>>>>> Start-Run-Regedit :
>>>>>> [HKCR\url\] Default
>>>>>> AND
>>>>>> [HKCR\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] Default
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HKCR=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, but I get no results when I run regedit and search for
>>>>> those terms
>>>>> I may be doing it incorrectly, as I woiuld not normally venture
>>>>> there as I am almost blind.
>>>>> I only dare push my luck _so_ far <g>
>>>>
>>>> Can you run System Restore back to before your system got infected
>>>> with the I.E. 7 Plague?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can't go back that far now :-(((
>>>
>>> <rant>
>>> Why on earth can't one permanently save known _good_ Restore Points!
>>> <rant>
>>
>> Is it that you can not even run System Restore or you do not have a
>> recent restore point that you would like to use? I was infected by
>> the I.E. 7 Plague at my last windows undated and after removing it I
>> am still feeling the pain.
>>
>> I have become accustomed to making sure I create restore points
>> manually if I feel exporting keys are not good enough. I also make
>> an image of the drive just before I do something that really scares
>> me. I burn an image once a month anyway just in case and have had
>> more than one occasion to use it.
>>
>> Better have a restore disk handy also even if you think you will
>> only be doing something as simple as backing up O.E.
>>
>
> I can SR ok. but the dozen or so points that I have are all after IE7
> install.
>
> As for disc images and all that, I haven't a clue.
>
> A lot of stuff that I should do doesn't get done because the
> <deleted> folk thay wrote the software couldn't imagine soneone not
> being able to read thhe small print...
> This is why I dare not attempt a reinstall. :-(((


The dreaded reinstall is sometimes needed I guess. I have a spare drive
with a virgin install just waiting to get molested for the first time.

I try to select a good time to write on image to a spare and keep that on a
shelf also. I would suggest that if you have a spare drive. Sometimes it is
quicker to pop that in than spend a week debugging something. I have a few
dozen drives in drawers that pop into a bay and can be swapped any time with
all two systems. Important if you have archives of video and photos not to
mention the music to preserve.

Cliff