Guest thinman Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past year with no problems. Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? thanks ray
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors IE version? WinXP version? -- IE-specific newsgroup: http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 thinman wrote: > Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I > want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past > year with no problems. > > Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or > reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error > message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple > of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, > rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > > Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > > thanks > ray
Guest thinman Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors XP Pro with SP2 & all subsequent patches/updates FireFox 2.0.0.14 ....no new add-on's or themes, etc..... ray "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:OnwljFo1IHA.5564@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > IE version? WinXP version? > -- > IE-specific newsgroup: > http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general > > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 > > thinman wrote: > > Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I > > want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past > > year with no problems. > > > > Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or > > reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error > > message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple > > of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, > > rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > > > > Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > > > > thanks > > ray >
Guest Nightowl Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors thinman <sdasrs@cox.net> wrote on Tue, 24 Jun 2008: >Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I >want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past >year with no problems. > >Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or >reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error >message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple >of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, >rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > >Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > Hi ray This sounds like a problem that's been around for some time now, with a bug in the FF 2.0.0.x installer causing some file types to have garbled settings. I thought it had been fixed :-( Have a look at this link and scroll down to the post by "jscher2000", which explains how to fix it, with helpful screenshots: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=523670 As well as changing the settings for HTTP and HTTPS, as the post suggests, I changed HTM and HTML too, as I couldn't open shortcuts to locally-stored files either. Hope this helps and works for you. Let us know how it goes :-) -- Nightowl
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors Repost: >> IE version? [Yes, yes, I know you're using FF but tell me anyway, please.] Have you tried?... 1. Making IE your default browser; and/or 2. Upgrading to Firefox v3.x. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ thinman wrote: > XP Pro with SP2 & all subsequent patches/updates > > FireFox 2.0.0.14 ....no new add-on's or themes, etc..... > > ray > > > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:OnwljFo1IHA.5564@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> IE version? WinXP version? >> -- >> IE-specific newsgroup: >> http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general >> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 >> >> thinman wrote: >>> Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I >>> want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past >>> year with no problems. >>> >>> Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or >>> reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error >>> message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple >>> of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, >>> rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. >>> >>> Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? >>> >>> thanks >>> ray
Guest Elmo Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors thinman wrote: > Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I > want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past > year with no problems. > > Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or > reconfigured firewall, etc.) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error > message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple > of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, > rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > > Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > > thanks > ray Try the URL, HTML, and LNK fixes: Fix File Associations. http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm -- Joe =o)
Guest thinman Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:+bxUi4KullYIFwty@black.hole... > thinman <sdasrs@cox.net> wrote on Tue, 24 Jun 2008: > > >Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I > >want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past > >year with no problems. > > > >Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or > >reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error > >message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple > >of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, > >rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > > > >Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > > > > Hi ray > > This sounds like a problem that's been around for some time now, with a > bug in the FF 2.0.0.x installer causing some file types to have garbled > settings. I thought it had been fixed :-( > > Have a look at this link and scroll down to the post by "jscher2000", > which explains how to fix it, with helpful screenshots: > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=523670 > > As well as changing the settings for HTTP and HTTPS, as the post > suggests, I changed HTM and HTML too, as I couldn't open shortcuts to > locally-stored files either. > > Hope this helps and works for you. Let us know how it goes :-) > -- > Nightowl You're a GOOD MAN, Nightowl !!!!!!!! thanks ray
Guest thinman Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors IE ver. 6.0.2900.218.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 NightOwl's post/suggestion below yours fixed the problem. ray "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:u3rDTUu1IHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Repost: > >> IE version? > [Yes, yes, I know you're using FF but tell me anyway, please.] > > Have you tried?... > > 1. Making IE your default browser; and/or > > 2. Upgrading to Firefox v3.x. > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 > AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > > > thinman wrote: > > XP Pro with SP2 & all subsequent patches/updates > > > > FireFox 2.0.0.14 ....no new add-on's or themes, etc..... > > > > ray > > > > > > > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:OnwljFo1IHA.5564@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> IE version? WinXP version? > >> -- > >> IE-specific newsgroup: > >> http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general > >> > >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 > >> > >> thinman wrote: > >>> Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I > >>> want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past > >>> year with no problems. > >>> > >>> Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or > >>> reconfig'd firewall, etc. ) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error > >>> message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple > >>> of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, > >>> rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > >>> > >>> Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > >>> > >>> thanks > >>> ray
Guest thinman Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message news:u4hO0ku1IHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > thinman wrote: > > Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I > > want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past > > year with no problems. > > > > Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or > > reconfigured firewall, etc.) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error > > message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple > > of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, > > rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. > > > > Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? > > > > thanks > > ray > > Try the URL, HTML, and LNK fixes: > > Fix File Associations. > http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm > > -- > Joe =o) Downloaded the file and I'll keep it for the future....didn't try it but have to asssume it's the same fix as referenced by NightOwl, just in a script form.... thanks ray
Guest Nightowl Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors thinman <sdasrs@cox.net> wrote on Wed, 25 Jun 2008: >You're a GOOD MAN, Nightowl !!!!!!!! Hehe, well, make that "woman", but thanks, much appreciated and I'm very glad you got FF working properly again. -- Nightowl
Guest thinman Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors oops !!!! :) Thanks ray "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:knSSdEXhguYIFw8P@black.hole... > thinman <sdasrs@cox.net> wrote on Wed, 25 Jun 2008: > > >You're a GOOD MAN, Nightowl !!!!!!!! > > Hehe, well, make that "woman", but thanks, much appreciated and I'm very > glad you got FF working properly again. > -- > Nightowl
Guest Elmo Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: URL shortcut errors thinman wrote: > "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message > news:u4hO0ku1IHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> thinman wrote: >>> Have several shortcuts on the desktop linking to different sites that I >>> want to check on frequently. These have been functional for the past >>> year with no problems. >>> >>> Two days ago, for some unknown reason (no new s/w installed or >>> reconfigured firewall, etc.) whenever I click on a shortcut, an error >>> message pops up stating that the URL can't be found. A couple >>> of seconds later, it opens to the web site. Have deleted the links, >>> rebooted, made new ones but the same thing happens. >>> >>> Any ideas as to why this is happening ?? >>> >>> thanks >>> ray >> Try the URL, HTML, and LNK fixes: >> >> Fix File Associations. >> http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm >> >> -- >> Joe =o) > > > Downloaded the file and I'll keep it for the future....didn't try it but > have to assume it's the same fix as referenced by NightOwl, just > in a script form.... > > thanks > ray Right-click the file, click Edit and you can see its contents. -- Joe =o)
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