Favorites Desktop Shortcuts Dont Work

[Parker]

Hello All,
I have created several URL shortcuts to the desktop from the favorites pane
in IE6. I right clicked, then send to, then desktop shortcut. They stopped
working. They do not open IE6 or the webpage. Nothing seems to happen. If
I open IE6 then favorites then click on the favorite it opens just fine.
These desktop shortcuts did work but I'm not sure why they no longer open
the URL's. I did delete them and tried to recreate them to no avail. I
also cleared all cookies and IE6 temp files again to no avail. I'm at a
loss, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for any Replies in Advance

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
The Favorite is already a shortcut. So you've created a shortcut to a
shortcut.

Try this... Use Windows Explorer to browse to your Favories folder. Find the
Internet shortcut you want. Right-click, drag to the desktop, choose Copy.

Or, go to the website. Grab (left-click) the icon at the left side of the
Address Bar. Drag that to the desktop. Rename if desired.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Parker]

Hi Don,

Thank you for your response. I'll let you know the outcome.

Hi,
The Favorite is already a shortcut. So you've created a shortcut to a
shortcut.

Try this... Use Windows Explorer to browse to your Favories folder. Find
the
Internet shortcut you want. Right-click, drag to the desktop, choose Copy.

Or, go to the website. Grab (left-click) the icon at the left side of the
Address Bar. Drag that to the desktop. Rename if desired.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hello All,
I have created several URL shortcuts to the desktop from the favorites pane
in IE6. I right clicked, then send to, then desktop shortcut. They stopped
working. They do not open IE6 or the webpage. Nothing seems to happen. If
I open IE6 then favorites then click on the favorite it opens just fine.
These desktop shortcuts did work but I'm not sure why they no longer open
the URL's. I did delete them and tried to recreate them to no avail. I
also cleared all cookies and IE6 temp files again to no avail. I'm at a
loss, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for any Replies in Advance

 

[Parker]

Thank You Again! That was the problem. The desktop shortcut now work
properly

Hi Don,

Thank you for your response. I'll let you know the outcome.

Hi,
The Favorite is already a shortcut. So you've created a shortcut to a
shortcut.

Try this... Use Windows Explorer to browse to your Favories folder. Find
the
Internet shortcut you want. Right-click, drag to the desktop, choose
Copy.

Or, go to the website. Grab (left-click) the icon at the left side of the
Address Bar. Drag that to the desktop. Rename if desired.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Hello All,
I have created several URL shortcuts to the desktop from the favorites pane
in IE6. I right clicked, then send to, then desktop shortcut. They stopped
working. They do not open IE6 or the webpage. Nothing seems to happen. If
I open IE6 then favorites then click on the favorite it opens just fine.
These desktop shortcuts did work but I'm not sure why they no longer
open
the URL's. I did delete them and tried to recreate them to no avail. I
also cleared all cookies and IE6 temp files again to no avail. I'm at a
loss, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for any Replies in Advance

 

[Don Varnau]

You're welcome! Thanks for reporting back.

Don

Thank You Again! That was the problem. The desktop shortcut now work
properly

Hi Don,

Thank you for your response. I'll let you know the outcome.

Hi,
The Favorite is already a shortcut. So you've created a shortcut to a
shortcut.

Try this... Use Windows Explorer to browse to your Favories folder. Find
the
Internet shortcut you want. Right-click, drag to the desktop, choose
Copy.

Or, go to the website. Grab (left-click) the icon at the left side of the
Address Bar. Drag that to the desktop. Rename if desired.
"Parker" <nospam[at]nospam.com> wrote in message
Hello All,
I have created several URL shortcuts to the desktop from the favorites
pane
in IE6. I right clicked, then send to, then desktop shortcut. They
stopped
working. They do not open IE6 or the webpage. Nothing seems to happen.
If
I open IE6 then favorites then click on the favorite it opens just fine.
These desktop shortcuts did work but I'm not sure why they no longer
open
the URL's. I did delete them and tried to recreate them to no avail. I
also cleared all cookies and IE6 temp files again to no avail. I'm at a
loss, anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for any Replies in Advance