internet shortcuts do not work

giny · Nov 28, 2005

Dear all,

I have a Dutch computer Windows XP, Office 2003 and Internet Explorer
6.0. I use Outlook.
I have an ADSL Internet connection.
Everything is in Dutch.

The shortcuts of webpages that I made on my desktop suddenly do not
work anymore.
Before, I just doubleclicked them and the webpage would open, now it
asks with which programme I want to open it!!!!

However if I open Internet first by clicking on the small icon IE next
to the start-knob, then suddenly all shortcuts DO work properly.

What can I do to avoid this work-around?
I would love to be able to visit the Internet just by doubleclicking on
the shortcuts.

All other shortcutss (Excel etc) work properly.

I think the problem was caused after I downloaded a security update
that Microsoft told me to download by automatic Windows update. Because
after that I suddenly had this problem.
Maybe it is a coincidence....
I removed the update but there was no change.
I also did system restore to 10 October but no result.

Would appreciate your help.
I am an ordinary computeruser, not very technical.

Giny

Pegasus \(MVP\) · Nov 28, 2005

giny said:
Dear all,

I have a Dutch computer Windows XP, Office 2003 and Internet Explorer
6.0. I use Outlook.
I have an ADSL Internet connection.
Everything is in Dutch.

The shortcuts of webpages that I made on my desktop suddenly do not
work anymore.
Before, I just doubleclicked them and the webpage would open, now it
asks with which programme I want to open it!!!!

However if I open Internet first by clicking on the small icon IE next
to the start-knob, then suddenly all shortcuts DO work properly.

What can I do to avoid this work-around?
I would love to be able to visit the Internet just by doubleclicking on
the shortcuts.

All other shortcutss (Excel etc) work properly.

I think the problem was caused after I downloaded a security update
that Microsoft told me to download by automatic Windows update. Because
after that I suddenly had this problem.
Maybe it is a coincidence....
I removed the update but there was no change.
I also did system restore to 10 October but no result.

Would appreciate your help.
I am an ordinary computeruser, not very technical.

Giny

I suspect you omitted iexplore.exe in your shortcuts. What does
their "target" look like? You'll find it under "Properties" when
you right-click the shortcut.

giny · Nov 28, 2005

Is this the target?
In Dutch it says "doel" meaning aim or destination.

C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\iexplore.exe

Giny

Pegasus \(MVP\) · Nov 28, 2005

Yes, this is the target, and it should be something like

c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

You can easily verify this with Windows Explorer, by checking
if the file exists at the nominated location.

giny · Nov 28, 2005

No, that is the strange thing, I cannot find it there, I can only find
it in the C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\iexplore.exe .
In the Windows Explorer there is in the Programme files: Internet
Explorer
then yellow map Connection wizard
yellow map Plugins
yellow map sign up
and files:
hmmapi.dll
iedw.exe
kb870669.cat
q330994.cat
q823353.cat

The Explorer.exe is only in the
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\iexplore.exe .

Giny

ANONYMOUS · Nov 28, 2005

How did this message is now post-dated to 2031? My system's date/time
is clearly correct!

Is there a gremlin at work?

giny · Nov 28, 2005