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short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 8:05 PM
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I can access the web page from another webpage, and have mad a "bookmark" for it. However, to use that bookmark, I need to have a Google page open and then go to bookmarks find the bookmark and then access the web page.
is there a way of making the URL into a desktop icon, that I can click on to get to the page quicker.?
(making a short cut does not work). (dragging and dropping onto the desktop does not work ) (save as web page does not work)
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 8:12 PM
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1. Open the page in the browsers
2. Copy the URL
3. right click on desktop and select New > shortcut
4. Paste the URl into the "location box" and click Next
5. Type a name for the shortcut
6. click Finish.
I'm using Windows XP.
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 8:35 PM
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get a message box opens when I click on the shortcut...
Quote
Problem with shortcut
Unable to open this Internet Shortcut. The protocol "http" does not have a registered program
[OK]
EDIT EDIT EDIT using Windows 7 Starter on a 10" laptop
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 9:18 PM
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Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 9:22 PM
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also reg should not be corrupt, as the machine is only about 4 or 5 months old... and recently reg cleaned
I have tried to copy the shortcut from my other laptop,but when I try to open that, it says the same as above......
must be something to do with the version of W7 being a "Starter" version... possibly bits and pieces left out for space saving
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 9:22 PM
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Hmmmmm......................... W7 really doesn't need that, probably done more harm than good.
Quote from: shutter recently reg cleaned
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 9:24 PM
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22-03-2013 9:25 PM
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Quote from: shalom2010 That sounds like the registry may be corrupt. Is Internet Explorer associated with http?
That.
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 9:38 PM
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GOT THE TEE SHIRT !!!
not sure what I did but I selected all on some page... and now the shortcut works...
Thanks.
Re: short cut on desktop problem
22-03-2013 9:45 PM
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using Registry Cleaners
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22-03-2013 9:49 PM
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will try not to do it every night before I go to bed from now on !
Re: short cut on desktop problem
23-03-2013 12:37 AM
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I used one once 10 years ago when they were the new in thing.. never again. Computer locked up after a few minutes and then wouldn't reboot. Reinstalled windows, ran the cleaner again on a clean install and it still reckoned it had tons of stuff to clean up. I was curious so let it.. sure enough.. crash.
Bottom line here is that registry cleaners are big business because they claim to be essentially cleaning up your registry of junk. In reality they have no way of knowing what keys should and should not be there, what is accessed by what program and how often (there are millions of different bits of software out there - how would they ever know?) and they certainly can't have tested every piece of software to see how the system reacts when deleting tis registry keys.
Computers have got a lot more complex since then. Just the windows operating system has advanced a hell of a lot - so have many other things such as the services that run in the background. Imagine the chaos registry cleaners can cause now!
Never use one again! They really are more trouble than they're worth but because they have the word cleaner in the title people still continue to fall for it.
Re: short cut on desktop problem
23-03-2013 1:02 AM
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They can certainly cause broken filetype associations if they encounter unfamiliar programmes.
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