Try changing the Shortcut property to "http://www.google.com/";
Right Click on desktop shortcut and select properties an place in shortcut text box. Short cuts to web sites usually say Url at the side of text box. Cheers Peter Peter Hart Computers -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Yoder Sent: 22 April 2009 16:31 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] XP system forgot how to handle an Internet Shortcut I have an XP box that reports: "Windows cannot open this file:" " File: www.google.com/" when I click on a desktop shortcut for Google. It appears Windows has forgotten how to handle an internet shortcut. It does handle other types of shortcuts without a problem. Can someone tell me how to run this down? TIA - Joe Yoder --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/a57fa4cf19531343a2ee11b57db8e3af04c...@server.peterhartcomputers.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
