Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-03 Thread Ray_Net
Thomas Pamin wrote on 03-12-19 13:42: Ray_Net wrote: Tom Pamin wrote on 02-12-19 23:28: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it,

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-03 Thread Thomas Pamin
Ray_Net wrote: Tom Pamin wrote on 02-12-19 23:28: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-03 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Ray_Net wrote: Tom Pamin wrote on 02-12-19 23:28: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-03 Thread Ray_Net
Tom Pamin wrote on 02-12-19 23:28: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It jus

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-02 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Tom Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM icon

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-02 Thread Tom Pamin
Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM icon with no shortcut

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Tom Pamin wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 12/1/2019 3:08 AM, Thomas Pamin wrote: So far I reinstalled SM over itself. That didn't solve it. I can go to any folder on my PC and right click to "Send to Desktop (create shortcut)". That works fine. A shortcut to a Windows folder or file is NOT th

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread Tom Pamin
David E. Ross wrote: On 12/1/2019 3:08 AM, Thomas Pamin wrote: So far I reinstalled SM over itself. That didn't solve it. I can go to any folder on my PC and right click to "Send to Desktop (create shortcut)". That works fine. A shortcut to a Windows folder or file is NOT the same as an Inter

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread David E. Ross
On 12/1/2019 3:08 AM, Thomas Pamin wrote: > So far I reinstalled SM over itself. That didn't solve it. I can go to > any folder on my PC and right click to "Send to Desktop (create > shortcut)". That works fine. > A shortcut to a Windows folder or file is NOT the same as an Internet shortcut.

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread Ray_Net
Thomas Pamin wrote on 01-12-19 12:08: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM icon with no shortcut a

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread Thomas Pamin
Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-12-01 Thread Ray_Net
Paul in Houston, TX wrote on 30-11-19 23:36: Ray_Net wrote: Ray_Net wrote on 30-11-19 23:10: Paul in Houston, TX wrote on 30-11-19 17:43: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always m

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-30 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Ray_Net wrote: Ray_Net wrote on 30-11-19 23:10: Paul in Houston, TX wrote on 30-11-19 17:43: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-30 Thread Ray_Net
Paul in Houston, TX wrote on 30-11-19 17:43: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-30 Thread Ray_Net
Ray_Net wrote on 30-11-19 23:10: Paul in Houston, TX wrote on 30-11-19 17:43: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url t

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-30 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-30 Thread Thomas Pamin
Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can dra

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-29 Thread Tom Pamin
Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can dra

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-29 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Thomas Pamin wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-29 Thread Thomas Pamin
Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desk

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-29 Thread Thomas Pamin
Ray_Net wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote on 28-11-19 12:35: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-28 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Thomas Pamin wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM ic

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-28 Thread Ray_Net
Thomas Pamin wrote on 28-11-19 12:35: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-28 Thread Thomas Pamin
Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM icon with no shortcut

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-28 Thread Thomas Pamin
David E. Ross wrote: On 11/27/2019 1:40 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-28 Thread Thomas Pamin
Paul in Houston, TX wrote: Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows th

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-27 Thread Rainer Bielefeld
On 27.11.2019 14:48, Thomas Pamin wrote: On one PC now I can't do that. WFM with with unzipped unofficial (by wg9s) De SeaMonkey 2.53.1 (NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 Build 20191115130006 (Default Classic Theme) on German WIN7 64bit CU Rainer __

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-27 Thread David E. Ross
On 11/27/2019 1:40 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Thomas Pamin wrote: > >> I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the >> url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one >> PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcu

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-27 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM icon with no shortcu

Re: Internet Shortcuts?

2019-11-27 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
Thomas Pamin wrote: I could always make an internet shortcut by dragging the icon before the url to the desktop. I could then change the icon of the shortcut. On one PC now I can't do that. I can drag it, but it does not make a shortcut on the desktop. It just shows the SM icon with no shortcut a

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-23 Thread flyguy
Rick Merrill wrote: JeffM wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: SM *IS* (AND has been for some time) the "default browser", but apparently IE8 has found a way to re-wire the registry so that it owns all the "internet shortcuts!" The reason for this has already been revealed. M$ software always thinks i

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-23 Thread Rick Merrill
JeffM wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: SM *IS* (AND has been for some time) the "default browser", but apparently IE8 has found a way to re-wire the registry so that it owns all the "internet shortcuts!" The reason for this has already been revealed. M$ software always thinks it's King of the World

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-23 Thread JeffM
Rick Merrill wrote: >SM *IS* (AND has been for some time) the "default browser", >but apparently IE8 has found a way to re-wire the registry >so that it owns all the "internet shortcuts!" > The reason for this has already been revealed. M$ software always thinks it's King of the World and will inv

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-23 Thread Rick Merrill
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: TOM7601 wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: IE8(b) has hijacked my "internet shortcuts". There do not appear to be 'file extensions' associated with internet shortcuts. How can I get SeaMonkey to field "internet shortcuts"? Edit | Preference

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-22 Thread Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
Rick Merrill wrote: TOM7601 wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: IE8(b) has hijacked my "internet shortcuts". There do not appear to be 'file extensions' associated with internet shortcuts. How can I get SeaMonkey to field "internet shortcuts"? Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Set Default Browser D

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-22 Thread JD
Rick Merrill wrote: TOM7601 wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: IE8(b) has hijacked my "internet shortcuts". There do not appear to be 'file extensions' associated with internet shortcuts. How can I get SeaMonkey to field "internet shortcuts"? Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Set Default Browser D

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-22 Thread Rick Merrill
TOM7601 wrote: Rick Merrill wrote: IE8(b) has hijacked my "internet shortcuts". There do not appear to be 'file extensions' associated with internet shortcuts. How can I get SeaMonkey to field "internet shortcuts"? Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Set Default Browser Did not work! The opt

Re: internet shortcuts

2009-02-22 Thread TOM7601
Rick Merrill wrote: IE8(b) has hijacked my "internet shortcuts". There do not appear to be 'file extensions' associated with internet shortcuts. How can I get SeaMonkey to field "internet shortcuts"? Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Set Default Browser -- Tom - Vista, CA _