I am repeating this post in the hope someone may be able to help me
that did not see my first post.

I tried the one suggestion to no avail.

Thanks

Jethro


>> For some reason, I have lost my desktop shortcut to
>> http://www.google.com.
>> So I created a new shortcut to that web address as I have done with
>> other web addresses in the past. When I double click on that desktop
>> icon, it says 'windows cannot open this file'. I must have lost
>> something.

Jethro,

Open a folder

TOOLS menu | FOLDER OPTIONS | FILE TYPES tab
Scroll down to URL & make sure Internet Explorer is the chosen program.
Maybe its set to something else.

Mine is set to:

Shell Doc Object and Control Library

Verb (advanced):

open = 'rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l'

Check yours & report back please,

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"Jethro" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am repeating this post in the hope someone may be able to help me
> that did not see my first post.
>
> I tried the one suggestion to no avail.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jethro
>
>
> >> For some reason, I have lost my desktop shortcut to
> >> http://www.google.com.
> >> So I created a new shortcut to that web address as I have done with
> >> other web addresses in the past. When I double click on that desktop
> >> icon, it says 'windows cannot open this file'. I must have lost
> >> something.

Hello,

Try the URL association registry fix at this page
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

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"Jethro" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am repeating this post in the hope someone may be able to help me
> that did not see my first post.
>
> I tried the one suggestion to no avail.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jethro
>
>
>>> For some reason, I have lost my desktop shortcut to
>>> http://www.google.com.
>>> So I created a new shortcut to that web address as I have done with
>>> other web addresses in the past. When I double click on that desktop
>>> icon, it says 'windows cannot open this file'. I must have lost
>>> something.

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 12:46:43 +0100, "Newbie Coder"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Jethro,
>
>Open a folder
>
>TOOLS menu | FOLDER OPTIONS | FILE TYPES tab
>Scroll down to URL & make sure Internet Explorer is the chosen program.
>Maybe its set to something else.
>
>Mine is set to:
>
>Shell Doc Object and Control Library
>
>Verb (advanced):
>
>open = 'rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l'
>
>Check yours & report back please,


Thanks for your response.

I went to tools>folder options>file types and scrolled down to URL (s)
under 'file types'. There are 13 of them!

I chose arbitrarily 'URL:hypertext transfer protocol' and then clicked
'advanced'. The next window had 'open' in it so I clicked 'edit'.
I see: c:\internet\firefox\firefox.exe -url "%1"

I am using Firefox instead of IE. I have it installed at
c:\internet\firefox, so that path looks fine.

Which of the 13 URL file types should I be looking at?

Thanks

Jethro

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 21:07:10 +0800, "SingaporeWebDesign"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Try the URL association registry fix at this page
>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm


Ayush suggested that a few days ago in my first post on this problem.
As I told him, I tried it, downloaded, installed,executed it - to no
avail. Nothing has changed or improved.

Thanks anyway
Jethro

Jethro <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Wed, 6 Jun 2007:

>I chose arbitrarily 'URL:hypertext transfer protocol' and then clicked
>'advanced'. The next window had 'open' in it so I clicked 'edit'.
>I see: c:\internet\firefox\firefox.exe -url "%1"

Hi Jethro

There has been a bug in the FF 2.0.0.x installer that causes a "cannot
open this link" message, followed by Firefox actually opening it :-) I'm
not sure if yours is the same problem, but you could try this:

With Firefox *not* running, go to the same file association you did
above, then Advanced | Open | Edit, and uncheck "Use DDE". When Firefox
is next started it will reinstate DDE and write the correct settings.
You might also do the same for "open" under the file associations URL:
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol with Privacy, HTM and HTML.

Let us know how it goes :-)

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On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 03:27:21 +0100, Nightowl <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

>Jethro <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Wed, 6 Jun 2007:
>
>>I chose arbitrarily 'URL:hypertext transfer protocol' and then clicked
>>'advanced'. The next window had 'open' in it so I clicked 'edit'.
>>I see: c:\internet\firefox\firefox.exe -url "%1"
>
>Hi Jethro
>
>There has been a bug in the FF 2.0.0.x installer that causes a "cannot
>open this link" message, followed by Firefox actually opening it :-) I'm
>not sure if yours is the same problem, but you could try this:
>
>With Firefox *not* running, go to the same file association you did
>above, then Advanced | Open | Edit, and uncheck "Use DDE". When Firefox
>is next started it will reinstate DDE and write the correct settings.
>You might also do the same for "open" under the file associations URL:
>Hyper Text Transfer Protocol with Privacy, HTM and HTML.
>
>Let us know how it goes :-)


DAMN!

It worked like a charm! Even reinstated DDE! Now have a Google
shortcut icon on my desktop.

Gotta remember this one.

Thanks a meg.

Jethro

Jethro <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Thu, 7 Jun 2007:

>DAMN!
>
>It worked like a charm! Even reinstated DDE! Now have a Google
>shortcut icon on my desktop.
>
>Gotta remember this one.
>
>Thanks a meg.


You're very welcome, Jethro :-) Glad all is working for you now.

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