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Guest
How can I use WORD to edit Internet Shortcut (.url) files ?
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Steve Yandl
I'd create an instance of the "WScript.Shell" object and use its
'CreateShortcut' method. To edit shortcuts, you use CreateShortcut naming a
url (including path to the url) that already exists. You can alter the
FullName property or the TargetPath property and then don't forget to do a
Save.
You can use a text editor like Notepad to open url files and edit the ASCII
text inside but I think Word will insist on treating a URL as a link and
refuse to let you open it as a text file.
Steve
'CreateShortcut' method. To edit shortcuts, you use CreateShortcut naming a
url (including path to the url) that already exists. You can alter the
FullName property or the TargetPath property and then don't forget to do a
Save.
You can use a text editor like Notepad to open url files and edit the ASCII
text inside but I think Word will insist on treating a URL as a link and
refuse to let you open it as a text file.
Steve
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)
Hi Student,
If you've saved a .URL shortcut from an email attachment you may be able to open it Word for editing if you have turned on [x]
Confirm Conversions at Open in Word's
Tools=>Options=>General
and then, when you use File=>Open and asked to confirm the format, switch from 'HTML' to 'plain text'.
If when you try to open the file through file open it open instead in your browser then in File=>Open in Word rename to be sure that
what is displayed is YourShortCut.URL and not just YourShortCut
Even then, Word probably not going to layout the contents to make it easily editable for you if the URL file contains page layout
content.
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MS Office System Products MVP
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If you've saved a .URL shortcut from an email attachment you may be able to open it Word for editing if you have turned on [x]
Confirm Conversions at Open in Word's
Tools=>Options=>General
and then, when you use File=>Open and asked to confirm the format, switch from 'HTML' to 'plain text'.
If when you try to open the file through file open it open instead in your browser then in File=>Open in Word rename to be sure that
what is displayed is YourShortCut.URL and not just YourShortCut
Even then, Word probably not going to layout the contents to make it easily editable for you if the URL file contains page layout
content.
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| Gary''s Student >>
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Let us know if this helped you,
Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx