multiple wesites with one shortcut

[Danny]

Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[Guest]

Danny,

If you use IE7 you can just configure those sites as homepages which open in
tabs

Otherwise if your a programmer you could do something like this:

Imports System.Diagnostics

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Process.Start("http://FirstSiteHere.com")
Process.Start("http://SecondSiteHere.com")
Process.Start("http://ThirdSiteHere.com")
Application.Exit()
End Sub
End Class

Simple, eh?

 

[Danny]

Hi Spamco,
That will be only 1 shortcut for 3 websites as homepage...how about the next
3?

Example: I save a.com and b.com in favorites.

Now I want 1.com/2.com/3.com to open along with a.com
and 4.com/5.com/6.com along with b.com

any suggestions....Mr Expert?

 

[Guest]

Or a simple batch file

explorer Http://www.microsoft.com
explorer Http://www.google.com
explorer Http://www.ebay.com

Remember in Internet Option | Advanced to remove the check to "Reuse Windows
for launching shortcuts (when tab browsing is off)" otherwise the last may
overwrite the first

 

[Danny]

I tried with the command prompt:
"copy con a.bat
http://a.com
and so on..."

saved it...and clicked on it...but nothing.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?

 

[Danny]

IE8

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[Twayne]

Danny,

It appears your experience level doesn't yet include creating batch
files. You may wish to do some searches on say Google for batch files;
they are very handy.

What you want to do is difficult in IE, but Mozilla Firefox, another
free browser, can do so with ease if you're willing to try that.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ie.html

It's easy to use and very simiar to IE so no big learning curve to worry
about.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

I think you meant

"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" Http://www.microsoft.com
etc.

Explorer.exe and iexplore.exe are different beasts.

 

[Guest]

Pegasus,

You can use Explorer.exe to launch shortcuts too

I have tried it on XP Pro SP3, Vista Ultimate 64 Bit & 2003 R2 server & it
works on all of them

Of course IExplore.exe is Internet Explorer but it will still work with the
other sytax.

Also, you could code it using the process or shell classes in .NET, the URL
interfaces in C++ etc but why write 60 lines of code when 3-6 will do?

Don't forget the code you wrote is static & may not work if someone has IE
installed on a different drive. What if you're using 64 Bit IE then the path
you chose is correct but in 32 Bit mode on a 64 Bit system you would need
Program Files (x86)...

--
SPAMCOP User

I think you meant

"c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" Http://www.microsoft.com
etc.

Explorer.exe and iexplore.exe are different beasts.

 

[Guest]

Danny,

Don't waste your time with P A Bear as he searches Google or gives out
invalid advice a lot of the time

What will he do with your "IE8" answer? Nothing except [X-Post] it to
another newsgroup if he hasn't already done so already

--
SPAMCOP User

IE8

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a
new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Pegasus,

You can use Explorer.exe to launch shortcuts too

So you can (as I found out after reading your reply) but only if you precede
the site name with "http://". Hence this works
explorer http://www.google.com
and this doesn't:
explorer www.google.com.

 

[Danny]

I appreciate your time and efforts to help resolve my need. Can you kindly
guide me to create a shortcut which will open in one window/ 2 tabs offcourse
www.msn.com
www.yahoo.com

Setting it as home page won't help since I need to make a few more shortcuts
opening other multiple websites.

Thanks a lot in advance for your support.

Danny,

Don't waste your time with P A Bear as he searches Google or gives out
invalid advice a lot of the time

What will he do with your "IE8" answer? Nothing except [X-Post] it to
another newsgroup if he hasn't already done so already

--
SPAMCOP User

IE8

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Danny wrote:
Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a
new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[Danny]

YESSSSSS!!!!!!
Thank You MVP. It worked just perfect.

Cut and paste everything between the lines below, paste it into note pad.
Save the file as links.bat and save it to the desktop. Make sure you change
the drop down box next to save as type: to all files. Once saved double
click on the file to run it.


Begin cut below this line
*************************************************************************************************************************
start http://www.msn.com
start http://www.yahoo.com



**************************************************************************************************************************
End cut above this line

--
The Real Truth http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
*WARNING* Do NOT follow any advice given by the people listed below.
They do NOT have the expertise or knowledge to fix your issue. Do not waste
your time.
David H Lipman, Malke, PA Bear, Beauregard T. Shagnasty, Leythos.

I appreciate your time and efforts to help resolve my need. Can you kindly
guide me to create a shortcut which will open in one window/ 2 tabs
offcourse
www.msn.com
www.yahoo.com

Setting it as home page won't help since I need to make a few more
shortcuts
opening other multiple websites.

Thanks a lot in advance for your support.

Danny,

Don't waste your time with P A Bear as he searches Google or gives out
invalid advice a lot of the time

What will he do with your "IE8" answer? Nothing except [X-Post] it to
another newsgroup if he hasn't already done so already

--
SPAMCOP User





IE8

:

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Danny wrote:
Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with
a
new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

See IE8 Help | Tabbed browsing FAQ | "How do I save a group of tabs" and
"How do I open a saved group of tabs?"

Or simply open IE Tools | Internet Options | General and type the 3 websites
on 3 separate lines in the Home Page box; e.g.,...

www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.com
www.myfavoriteporn.com

IE8

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a
new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[Ron Sommer]

Robear,
Your answers applied to both IE 7 and 8.
--
Ron Sommer

See IE8 Help | Tabbed browsing FAQ | "How do I save a group of tabs" and
"How do I open a saved group of tabs?"

Or simply open IE Tools | Internet Options | General and type the 3
websites on 3 separate lines in the Home Page box; e.g.,...

www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.com
www.myfavoriteporn.com

IE8

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Danny wrote:
Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a
new
shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[OP originally posted in WinXP General w/out stating his IE version.]

Robear,
Your answers applied to both IE 7 and 8.

See IE8 Help | Tabbed browsing FAQ | "How do I save a group of tabs" and
"How do I open a saved group of tabs?"

Or simply open IE Tools | Internet Options | General and type the 3
websites on 3 separate lines in the Home Page box; e.g.,...

www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.com
www.myfavoriteporn.com

IE8

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?

Danny wrote:
Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with a
new shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

 

[Twayne]

[Crosspost to IE General]

Is IE7 or IE8 installed?

Can I open 3 specific websites with one shortcut; and another 3 with
a new shortcut?
example: 3 mail websites with one, and 3 financial websites with
another...just with one click per icon.

Oh, that was brilliant, you a dottering old fool or something?

 

[Bennett Marco]

Oh, that was brilliant, you a dottering old fool or something?

It's "doddering", you young fool or something ;-)

 

[Twayne]

It's "doddering", you young fool or something ;-)

As you wish;