Changing the the URL made no difference. I finally solved it by going to Tools|Internet Options|Program and checking the box labeled "Tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser." When I brought up IE the next time it told me it was not the default browser and wanted to know if I wanted it to be. I said yes and now everything works! There should be a better way to tell what the default browser is!
Thanks for all the input. - Joe On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM, David Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Just for giggles take a look at the assignment of the file type... open a > folder>click view>folder options>file types> scroll down to htm and html. > You never know, maybe it's set to something odd or was somehow deleted. > > Dave > > David Smith > Systems Administrator > Doan Family of Dealerships > (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 > [email protected] > www.upstatedigitools.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Paul McNett > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] XP system forgot how to handle an Internet Shortcut > > Joe Yoder wrote: > > 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? > > It is probably a recent update designed to protect your security with no > thought to you. Microsoft believes you are stupid and can't handle managing > your own shortcuts, much less your own computer. > > Or, the OS is so poorly designed that it can't seem to prevent bogus > shortcuts from magically appearing on your desktop. > > Either way, your operating system isn't working for you. > > Of course, I'm kind of biased after using Ubuntu Linux for years. > > Cheers! > Paul > > [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/[email protected] ** 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.
