Guest Don Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP3. An icon for my online banking website disappeared leaving me only the shortcut arrow. I have tried: 1. Dragging the icon for the website from the address bar - doesn't work. 2. Right-clicked on the shortcut, selected the Web Document tab, then clicked on Change Icon and selected a new icon - clicked Apply and OK. The icon selected appeared on the desktop as desired; however, it disappears after I click on the icon and go to that website, then close the website. How do I get an icon for that website other than just the shortcut arrow? -- Don
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Disappearing Desktop Icon "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8750C7A7-51B0-4A8B-8390-40C65119DBB0@microsoft.com... >I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP3. An icon for my online >banking > website disappeared leaving me only the shortcut arrow. I have tried: > 1. Dragging the icon for the website from the address bar - doesn't work. > 2. Right-clicked on the shortcut, selected the Web Document tab, then > clicked on Change Icon and selected a new icon - clicked Apply and OK. The > icon selected appeared on the desktop as desired; however, it disappears > after I click on the icon and go to that website, then close the website. > How do I get an icon for that website other than just the shortcut arrow? > -- > Don Try this long-hand method of creating a shortcut: - Righ-click a blank area of the Desktop. - Click New, then Shortcut - Type this in the box: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.xxx.com (You MUST type the double quotes. Replace xxx.com with the correct address of your web site). - Click Next, then give the baby a name. - Click Finish.
Guest Don Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Disappearing Desktop Icon I followed your instructions carefully. When I clicked Next, after typing in the pathname, I got an error message .... File cannot be found. -- Don "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8750C7A7-51B0-4A8B-8390-40C65119DBB0@microsoft.com... > >I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP3. An icon for my online > >banking > > website disappeared leaving me only the shortcut arrow. I have tried: > > 1. Dragging the icon for the website from the address bar - doesn't work. > > 2. Right-clicked on the shortcut, selected the Web Document tab, then > > clicked on Change Icon and selected a new icon - clicked Apply and OK. The > > icon selected appeared on the desktop as desired; however, it disappears > > after I click on the icon and go to that website, then close the website. > > How do I get an icon for that website other than just the shortcut arrow? > > -- > > Don > > Try this long-hand method of creating a shortcut: > - Righ-click a blank area of the Desktop. > - Click New, then Shortcut > - Type this in the box: > "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.xxx.com > (You MUST type the double quotes. Replace xxx.com with the > correct address of your web site). > - Click Next, then give the baby a name. > - Click Finish. > > >
Guest smlunatick Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Disappearing Desktop Icon On Aug 25, 1:52 pm, Don <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I followed your instructions carefully. When I clicked Next, after typing in > the pathname, I got an error message .... File cannot be found. > -- > Don > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > "Don" <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >news:8750C7A7-51B0-4A8B-8390-40C65119DBB0@microsoft.com... > > >I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP3. An icon for my online > > >banking > > > website disappeared leaving me only the shortcut arrow. I have tried: > > > 1. Dragging the icon for the website from the address bar - doesn't work. > > > 2. Right-clicked on the shortcut, selected the Web Document tab, then > > > clicked on Change Icon and selected a new icon - clicked Apply and OK.. The > > > icon selected appeared on the desktop as desired; however, it disappears > > > after I click on the icon and go to that website, then close the website. > > > How do I get an icon for that website other than just the shortcut arrow? > > > -- > > > Don > > > Try this long-hand method of creating a shortcut: > > - Righ-click a blank area of the Desktop. > > - Click New, then Shortcut > > - Type this in the box: > > "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"www.xxx.com > > (You MUST type the double quotes. Replace xxx.com with the > > correct address of your web site). > > - Click Next, then give the baby a name. > > - Click Finish.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" the quotation marks " are extremely important and must typed in.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Disappearing Desktop Icon iexplore.exe might be in a different location on your machine. Find out where it is, then put it the correct path name! "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F925734E-28CA-48F2-B7F6-B7FBABEFDE69@microsoft.com... >I followed your instructions carefully. When I clicked Next, after typing >in > the pathname, I got an error message .... File cannot be found. > -- > Don > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:8750C7A7-51B0-4A8B-8390-40C65119DBB0@microsoft.com... >> >I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP3. An icon for my online >> >banking >> > website disappeared leaving me only the shortcut arrow. I have tried: >> > 1. Dragging the icon for the website from the address bar - doesn't >> > work. >> > 2. Right-clicked on the shortcut, selected the Web Document tab, then >> > clicked on Change Icon and selected a new icon - clicked Apply and OK. >> > The >> > icon selected appeared on the desktop as desired; however, it >> > disappears >> > after I click on the icon and go to that website, then close the >> > website. >> > How do I get an icon for that website other than just the shortcut >> > arrow? >> > -- >> > Don >> >> Try this long-hand method of creating a shortcut: >> - Righ-click a blank area of the Desktop. >> - Click New, then Shortcut >> - Type this in the box: >> "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.xxx.com >> (You MUST type the double quotes. Replace xxx.com with the >> correct address of your web site). >> - Click Next, then give the baby a name. >> - Click Finish. >> >> >>
Guest Don Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Disappearing Desktop Icon Tried the procedure you suggested again, and it worked this time. Thank you. -- Don "smlunatick" wrote: > On Aug 25, 1:52 pm, Don <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > I followed your instructions carefully. When I clicked Next, after typing in > > the pathname, I got an error message .... File cannot be found. > > -- > > Don > > > > > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > > > "Don" <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > >news:8750C7A7-51B0-4A8B-8390-40C65119DBB0@microsoft.com... > > > >I am running Windows XP Home Edition with SP3. An icon for my online > > > >banking > > > > website disappeared leaving me only the shortcut arrow. I have tried: > > > > 1. Dragging the icon for the website from the address bar - doesn't work. > > > > 2. Right-clicked on the shortcut, selected the Web Document tab, then > > > > clicked on Change Icon and selected a new icon - clicked Apply and OK.. The > > > > icon selected appeared on the desktop as desired; however, it disappears > > > > after I click on the icon and go to that website, then close the website. > > > > How do I get an icon for that website other than just the shortcut arrow? > > > > -- > > > > Don > > > > > Try this long-hand method of creating a shortcut: > > > - Righ-click a blank area of the Desktop. > > > - Click New, then Shortcut > > > - Type this in the box: > > > "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"www.xxx.com > > > (You MUST type the double quotes. Replace xxx.com with the > > > correct address of your web site). > > > - Click Next, then give the baby a name. > > > - Click Finish.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" the quotation > marks " are extremely important and must typed in. >
Guest Elmo Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: Disappearing Desktop Icon Don wrote: > I followed your instructions carefully. When I clicked Next, after typing in > the pathname, I got an error message .... File cannot be found. Create a shortcut to your browser, then add the address, after a space, to the path. -- Joe =o)
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