Guest PeterB Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 After running McAfee's "cleanup" tool in their Security Center, every one of my Desktop internet icons now queries me upon clicking "choose the program you want to use to open the file" and it lists Explorer, Firefox, etc as well as the standard Microsoft file extensions. Xing the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" does no good. I tried to create a new bookmark for one of those icons, but the new bookmark also opens the same query. How to I re-establish a direct link so that a double click on a URL directly accesses that URL without having to tell it to use Explorer, etc. Peter B
Guest Don Varnau Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons Hi, Running IE6 or IE7? Don [MS MVP- IE] "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ADEC5787-FC3F-4BC6-B08E-F11AA61871FD@microsoft.com... > After running McAfee's "cleanup" tool in their Security Center, every one of > my Desktop internet icons now queries me upon clicking "choose the program > you want to use to open the file" and it lists Explorer, Firefox, etc as well > as the standard Microsoft file extensions. > > Xing the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" > does no good. > > I tried to create a new bookmark for one of those icons, but the new > bookmark also opens the same query. > > How to I re-establish a direct link so that a double click on a URL directly > accesses that URL without having to tell it to use Explorer, etc. > > Peter B
Guest PeterB Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons Explorer 6 Went to 7 about 5 months ago - too many problems (it basically disabled my MSN ISP) - removed upgrade back to 6 shortly thereafter. Have been on 6 for over four months - problem started only after using McAfee "clean disc" utility. "Don Varnau" wrote: > Hi, > Running IE6 or IE7? > > Don > [MS MVP- IE] > > "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:ADEC5787-FC3F-4BC6-B08E-F11AA61871FD@microsoft.com... > > After running McAfee's "cleanup" tool in their Security Center, every one > of > > my Desktop internet icons now queries me upon clicking "choose the program > > you want to use to open the file" and it lists Explorer, Firefox, etc as > well > > as the standard Microsoft file extensions. > > > > Xing the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" > > does no good. > > > > I tried to create a new bookmark for one of those icons, but the new > > bookmark also opens the same query. > > > > How to I re-establish a direct link so that a double click on a URL > directly > > accesses that URL without having to tell it to use Explorer, etc. > > > > Peter B > >
Guest Don Varnau Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons Hi, First, does McAfee Clean Disk have an undo capability? Next, from Control panel> Add or remove programs> Set Program Access and Defaults, choose Microsoft Windows or Custom. Make sure Internet Explorer is selected as the default browser. If that didn't fix things, after a restart, check file associations for Internet Shortcut. From Control Panel> Folder Options> File Types> Internet shortcut, settings for Internet Shortcut> Open> Edit, should be: "Application used to perform this action" should read: rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have: DDE Message: empty Application: shdocvw DDE Application Not Running: empty Topic: System - - - - - Don [MS MVP- IE] "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E958285E-1DB9-4E41-BB3E-37463494EECF@microsoft.com... > Explorer 6 > > Went to 7 about 5 months ago - too many problems (it basically disabled my > MSN ISP) - removed upgrade back to 6 shortly thereafter. > > Have been on 6 for over four months - problem started only after using > McAfee "clean disc" utility. > "Don Varnau" wrote: > > > Hi, > > Running IE6 or IE7? > > "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:ADEC5787-FC3F-4BC6-B08E-F11AA61871FD@microsoft.com... > > > After running McAfee's "cleanup" tool in their Security Center, every one > > of > > > my Desktop internet icons now queries me upon clicking "choose the program > > > you want to use to open the file" and it lists Explorer, Firefox, etc as > > well > > > as the standard Microsoft file extensions. > > > > > > Xing the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of file" > > > does no good. > > > > > > I tried to create a new bookmark for one of those icons, but the new > > > bookmark also opens the same query. > > > > > > How to I re-establish a direct link so that a double click on a URL > > directly > > > accesses that URL without having to tell it to use Explorer, etc.
Guest PeterB Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons Thanks Don Step 1 solved the problem - I had been using Firefox for some apps, Explorer for others, and apparently the McAfee Clean function just figured I should choose each time for each ap. Chose Explorer for all - solved the issue. Checked your point #2 - DDE read as supposed to. Thanx Peter "Don Varnau" wrote: > Hi, > First, does McAfee Clean Disk have an undo capability? > > Next, from Control panel> Add or remove programs> Set Program Access and > Defaults, choose > Microsoft Windows or Custom. Make sure Internet Explorer is selected as the > default > browser. > > If that didn't fix things, after a restart, check file associations for > Internet Shortcut. > From Control Panel> Folder Options> File Types> Internet shortcut, settings > for Internet Shortcut> Open> Edit, should be: > > "Application used to perform this action" should read: > rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l > > DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have: > > DDE Message: > empty > > Application: > shdocvw > > DDE Application Not Running: > empty > > Topic: > System > - - - - - > Don > [MS MVP- IE] > > > "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E958285E-1DB9-4E41-BB3E-37463494EECF@microsoft.com... > > Explorer 6 > > > > Went to 7 about 5 months ago - too many problems (it basically disabled my > > MSN ISP) - removed upgrade back to 6 shortly thereafter. > > > > Have been on 6 for over four months - problem started only after using > > McAfee "clean disc" utility. > > > "Don Varnau" wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Running IE6 or IE7? > > > > "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > > news:ADEC5787-FC3F-4BC6-B08E-F11AA61871FD@microsoft.com... > > > > After running McAfee's "cleanup" tool in their Security Center, every > one > > > of > > > > my Desktop internet icons now queries me upon clicking "choose the > program > > > > you want to use to open the file" and it lists Explorer, Firefox, etc > as > > > well > > > > as the standard Microsoft file extensions. > > > > > > > > Xing the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of > file" > > > > does no good. > > > > > > > > I tried to create a new bookmark for one of those icons, but the new > > > > bookmark also opens the same query. > > > > > > > > How to I re-establish a direct link so that a double click on a URL > > > directly > > > > accesses that URL without having to tell it to use Explorer, etc. > >
Guest Don Varnau Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Desktop Icons You're welcome. Thanks for the update. Don "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BED2E496-100B-4A70-B335-A635960F02DC@microsoft.com... > Thanks Don > Step 1 solved the problem - I had been using Firefox for some apps, Explorer > for others, and apparently the McAfee Clean function just figured I should > choose each time for each ap. > Chose Explorer for all - solved the issue. > Checked your point #2 - DDE read as supposed to. > Thanx > > Peter > "Don Varnau" wrote: > > > Hi, > > First, does McAfee Clean Disk have an undo capability? > > > > Next, from Control panel> Add or remove programs> Set Program Access and > > Defaults, choose > > Microsoft Windows or Custom. Make sure Internet Explorer is selected as the > > default > > browser. > > > > If that didn't fix things, after a restart, check file associations for > > Internet Shortcut. > > From Control Panel> Folder Options> File Types> Internet shortcut, settings > > for Internet Shortcut> Open> Edit, should be: > > > > "Application used to perform this action" should read: > > rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l > > > > DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have: > > > > DDE Message: > > empty > > > > Application: > > shdocvw > > > > DDE Application Not Running: > > empty > > > > Topic: > > System > > - - - - - > > Don > > [MS MVP- IE] > > "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:E958285E-1DB9-4E41-BB3E-37463494EECF@microsoft.com... > > > Explorer 6 > > > > > > Went to 7 about 5 months ago - too many problems (it basically disabled my > > > MSN ISP) - removed upgrade back to 6 shortly thereafter. > > > > > > Have been on 6 for over four months - problem started only after using > > > McAfee "clean disc" utility. > > > "Don Varnau" wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Running IE6 or IE7? > > > > "PeterB" <PeterB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > > > news:ADEC5787-FC3F-4BC6-B08E-F11AA61871FD@microsoft.com... > > > > > After running McAfee's "cleanup" tool in their Security Center, every > > one of > > > > > my Desktop internet icons now queries me upon clicking "choose the > > program > > > > > you want to use to open the file" and it lists Explorer, Firefox, etc > > as well > > > > > as the standard Microsoft file extensions. > > > > > > > > > > Xing the box "always use the selected program to open this kind of > > file" > > > > > does no good. > > > > > > > > > > I tried to create a new bookmark for one of those icons, but the new > > > > > bookmark also opens the same query. > > > > > > > > > > How to I re-establish a direct link so that a double click on a URL > > > > directly > > > > > accesses that URL without having to tell it to use Explorer, etc.
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