Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
David E. Ross wrote: On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. I'm seeing the same kind of thing, although after seeing the responses on this thread, I think I can add a little more to what the symptoms are. In my particular case, what's happening is that .HTM or .HTML documents are showing no icon at all. If the filename is viewed in the Windows Explorer, the type is still shown as SeaMonkey Document. If I double-click on the file, it correctly opens in Seamonkey. As with the OP, all the icons in the Start menu are correct, it's only HTML documents that aren't showing the correct icon. I generally don't use web shortcuts, but my experience with how HTML files are shown in the Windows Explorer imply that it's the same issue. My assumption is that there's something that's not quite right with associations in the Windows registry, that the pointer to the icon isn't pointing to the correct icon. My suspicion is that this is something that would resolve, if I uninstall and reinstall Seamonkey, although since I'm seeing this one on a secondary machine, this is an annoyance-level thing, and I haven't bothered to try that. Smith ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 8:14 PM, JD wrote: David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? I have an Internet Explorer icon on my desktop. When I right mouse click on it and select properties I get Internet Properties and when I click on the Programs tab, there is a place at the very bottom of that window to click on: Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser. Be sure IE is closed and then click on the above and restart IE. Nothing else has worked for you. I don't know why this would but you never know. If it doesn't work, are you sure you just can't live with the IE icons? 8-) I checked the checkbox and also made IE my default browser. Then I launched SeaMonkey and made it my default browser. This did not help. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 4:36 PM, NoOp wrote: On 09/18/2011 03:18 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 9/18/11 1:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 09/18/2011 11:00 AM, David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Are you refering the Start menu? If so, right-click on Start, select Properties, Customize, and then select 'SeaMonkey' on shortcuts. Screenshot is here: http://imageshack.us/f/101/screenshotyre.png/ No, I do not have this problem with the Start menu. It's Web shortcuts to specific Web pages. Some of these are on the desktop, and some are in various folders. Ah, sorry. Like one of these? http://imageshack.us/f/692/screenshot1jzy.png/ I dragged the google to the desktop. (Sorry, I don't use Windows much any more). Yes, that's it. If yours is reverting to IE, then maybe a regedit? http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/57176-45-shortcuts-desktop-work quote OK think I kind of found another method. This is similar to the one mentioned earlier by another poster. No, I'm not having a problem getting the shortcuts to work. By work, I mean they open the indicated Web page in SeaMonkey, which is what we want. Open Registry Editor and navigate to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut Now, backup this key and then save as a REG file Then, delete 'InternetShortcut' key Open up Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Programs Choose Reset Web Settings /quote That user of course was having issue with his not going to IE, but might be worth having a look. I tried updating the icon in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut. While the setting sticks in the registry, the icons on the desktop remain IE icons. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 9:03 PM, Lee wrote: On 9/18/11, David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: On 9/18/11 11:39 AM, Jens Hatlak wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. (...) Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Try setting IE as default, then SM. I've tried that. It did not help. If that doesn't help, the only other way I know is getting your hands dirty and correct the Windows registry. I cannot give you exact steps there, though, since it's quite elaborate a task. I've tweaked my own registry quite successfully. Could you at least indicate what keys are involved? [insert standard disclaimer about messing with the registry can lead to a totally borked PC] Depends - is the shortcut a .lnk or .url? On my PC, HKCR\.url points to HKCR\InternetShortcut which has a DefaultIcon key. Save the following as something like urlicon.reg and import with regedit: -- begin : cut here Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] @=C:\\Program Files\\SeaMonkey\\seamonkey.exe -- end : cut here But I still think that if, as you stated in your original msg, the icon changes back to the IE icon in 1-2 seconds there's a process active on your wife's PC that's doing the changing. Lee I manually changed the key via Regedit. While the setting sticks, the icons remain IE icons. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon SOLVED!!
On 9/18/11 11:00 AM, David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? I was trying to set the icon for Internet Shortcut entry without an extension. This appears near the beginning of the list of Registered file types on the File Types tab of the Folder Options window. Instead, I had to work on the Internet Shortcut entry with the .url extension, near the bottom of the list of Registered file types. First, I deleted the entry. I then created a new entry with the same settings as the old entry but with the SeaMonkey icon. IT WORKS!! -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
If you can live without the IE icon, how about changing the name of the SeaMonkey icon to the one the current IE icon has, after changing the IE icon's name? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
David E. Ross wrote: On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. (...) Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Try setting IE as default, then SM. If that doesn't help, the only other way I know is getting your hands dirty and correct the Windows registry. I cannot give you exact steps there, though, since it's quite elaborate a task. HTH Jens -- Jens Hatlak http://jens.hatlak.de/ SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker http://smtt.blogspot.com/ ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Can we assume it's just a bad icon thing, the links do open in SM? -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 09/18/2011 11:00 AM, David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Are you refering the Start menu? If so, right-click on Start, select Properties, Customize, and then select 'SeaMonkey' on shortcuts. Screenshot is here: http://imageshack.us/f/101/screenshotyre.png/ ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11, David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Switching back to the IE icon after 1-2 seconds sounds like she's got a background process running that switches the icons back. You might be able to compare the services you have running vs. services active on her PC to figure out what it is. What are you doing to change the icons on your wife's PC? Regards, Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Probably unrelated, but every time I install an update for IE all the web shortcuts change to IE. I simply change them and all is well. Not sure why that happens either. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA Let X = 42 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:38 -0700, David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Try changing her icon from the one in SeaMonkey.exe. Browse to SeaMonkey, Chrome, Icons, Default, and select one from there. Might work. E:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\chrome\icons\default\main-window.ico -- JohnW-Mpls ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 12:34 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Can we assume it's just a bad icon thing, the links do open in SM? Yes, you are correct. It's just that I really do not like IE. When servicing my wife's PC (e.g., backups, software updates), it annoys me to see the IE icon for Web shortcuts when I see the SeaMonkey icon for the same shortcuts on my own PC. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 1:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 09/18/2011 11:00 AM, David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Are you refering the Start menu? If so, right-click on Start, select Properties, Customize, and then select 'SeaMonkey' on shortcuts. Screenshot is here: http://imageshack.us/f/101/screenshotyre.png/ No, I do not have this problem with the Start menu. It's Web shortcuts to specific Web pages. Some of these are on the desktop, and some are in various folders. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 2:32 PM, Gerald Ross wrote: David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Probably unrelated, but every time I install an update for IE all the web shortcuts change to IE. I simply change them and all is well. Not sure why that happens either. That does not happen on my own PC when I update IE. On my wife's PC, I've never been able to get the Web shortcuts to use anything other than the IE icon. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 11:39 AM, Jens Hatlak wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. (...) Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Try setting IE as default, then SM. I've tried that. It did not help. If that doesn't help, the only other way I know is getting your hands dirty and correct the Windows registry. I cannot give you exact steps there, though, since it's quite elaborate a task. I've tweaked my own registry quite successfully. Could you at least indicate what keys are involved? -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 1:46 PM, Lee wrote: On 9/18/11, David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Switching back to the IE icon after 1-2 seconds sounds like she's got a background process running that switches the icons back. You might be able to compare the services you have running vs. services active on her PC to figure out what it is. What are you doing to change the icons on your wife's PC? 1. I open My Computer. 2. On the My computer window menu bar, I select [Tools Folder Options]. 3. On the Folder Options window, I selet the File Types tab. 4. In the Registered file types scroll area, I scroll to the entry for Internet Shortcut. 5. I select the Advanced button. 6. On the resulting Edit File Type window, I select the Change Icon button. 7. On the resulting Change Icon window, I select the Browse button and navigate to seamonkey.exe. 8. I select the SeaMonkey icon and the OK button, the OK button on the Edit File Type window, and the OK button on the Folder Options window. 9. On the desktop, I right-click and select Refresh from the pull-down context menu. Note that the SeaMonkey icon shows for the entry for Internet Shortcut in step #4, on the Edit File Type window in step #6, and as the selected icon in the Change Icon window in step #7. It just does not get applied to the actual Internet shortcuts. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 2:40 PM, JohnW-Mpls wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:38 -0700, David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Try changing her icon from the one in SeaMonkey.exe. Browse to SeaMonkey, Chrome, Icons, Default, and select one from there. Might work. E:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\chrome\icons\default\main-window.ico I tried that. It did not work. I also extracted the icon from seamonkey.exe on my own PC, using IconJack32, and transferred the ICO file to my wife's PC. I then tried pointing to that icon. It still did not work. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:38 -0700, /David E. Ross/: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? I'm not sure whether it would help, but you may try the Repair/Rebuild Icons function of the TweakUI power toy: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-xp?T1=featured -- Stanimir ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 09/18/2011 03:18 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 9/18/11 1:12 PM, NoOp wrote: On 09/18/2011 11:00 AM, David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Are you refering the Start menu? If so, right-click on Start, select Properties, Customize, and then select 'SeaMonkey' on shortcuts. Screenshot is here: http://imageshack.us/f/101/screenshotyre.png/ No, I do not have this problem with the Start menu. It's Web shortcuts to specific Web pages. Some of these are on the desktop, and some are in various folders. Ah, sorry. Like one of these? http://imageshack.us/f/692/screenshot1jzy.png/ I dragged the google to the desktop. (Sorry, I don't use Windows much any more). If yours is reverting to IE, then maybe a regedit? http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/57176-45-shortcuts-desktop-work quote OK think I kind of found another method. This is similar to the one mentioned earlier by another poster. Open Registry Editor and navigate to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut Now, backup this key and then save as a REG file Then, delete 'InternetShortcut' key Open up Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options, Programs Choose Reset Web Settings /quote That user of course was having issue with his not going to IE, but might be worth having a look. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11 3:57 PM, Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:38 -0700, /David E. Ross/: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? I'm not sure whether it would help, but you may try the Repair/Rebuild Icons function of the TweakUI power toy: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-xp?T1=featured I tried that function from both TweakUI 98 and TweakUI XP (having modified the former to work under Windows XP). Neither of them helped. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
David E. Ross wrote: My wife an I both use Windows XP SP3. We both have SeaMonkey 2.3.3 marked as our default browsers. On my PC, Web shortcuts on my desktop and in folders have the blue SeaMonkey icon. On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. I have repeatedly tried to set the SeaMonkey icon for the shortcuts on my wife's PC, but that does not stick more than 1-2 seconds. Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? I have an Internet Explorer icon on my desktop. When I right mouse click on it and select properties I get Internet Properties and when I click on the Programs tab, there is a place at the very bottom of that window to click on: Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser. Be sure IE is closed and then click on the above and restart IE. Nothing else has worked for you. I don't know why this would but you never know. If it doesn't work, are you sure you just can't live with the IE icons? 8-) -- JD.. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Web Shortcuts and the SeaMonkey Icon
On 9/18/11, David E. Ross nobody@nowhere.invalid wrote: On 9/18/11 11:39 AM, Jens Hatlak wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On my wife's PC, the same shortcuts have the IE icon. We both have SeaMonkey as our default browser. (...) Can anyone suggest how to make the SeaMonkey icon stick on my wife's PC for Web shortcuts? Try setting IE as default, then SM. I've tried that. It did not help. If that doesn't help, the only other way I know is getting your hands dirty and correct the Windows registry. I cannot give you exact steps there, though, since it's quite elaborate a task. I've tweaked my own registry quite successfully. Could you at least indicate what keys are involved? [insert standard disclaimer about messing with the registry can lead to a totally borked PC] Depends - is the shortcut a .lnk or .url? On my PC, HKCR\.url points to HKCR\InternetShortcut which has a DefaultIcon key. Save the following as something like urlicon.reg and import with regedit: -- begin : cut here Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] @=C:\\Program Files\\SeaMonkey\\seamonkey.exe -- end : cut here But I still think that if, as you stated in your original msg, the icon changes back to the IE icon in 1-2 seconds there's a process active on your wife's PC that's doing the changing. Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
